Enjoy.
My Favorite Picture - Kinda says it all, doesn't it?
Harley says "Welcome to Topsail!"
Here's our house
We had some gorgeous, sunny days . . .
and we had some rainy days, which were still pretty gorgeous . . .
our kitchen - LOVED our little kitchen, didn't use it much, but I loved it
We had great beach walking days . . .
and great shopping days! I discovered a new favorite North Carolina artist by the name of Ivey Hayes
We had fun days to drive around and just explore and admire beautiful beach houses
And we had days to just sit very very still on our deck and watch pretty amazing sunrises
and some evenings to watch some pretty spectacular sunsets.
And when it was time to leave, our little deck buddy popped out to say goodbye.
and Harley was sad.
And then. On the way home, we pulled off the expressway for a little rest stop and saw this - just what we needed to make us chuckle and get over those "time to leave the beach blues."
and life is good.
June 2010.
Sadly - there's a postscript I'd like for you all to know about.
Sadly - there's a postscript I'd like for you all to know about.
Skip ahead a year to May, 2010.
We were scheduled to come back to Topsail, but my Donald suffered a heart attack. He's now doing well, thank you, but we, of course, had to cancel our trip.
The morning we were to leave for Topsail, Donald was airlifted by helicopter from Boone to Asheville Mission Memorial Hospital and was there for five days.
And because of the way we were treated by the owners of the house we had rented and paid for in full, we're unsure as to whether we'll be back. We will not, for sure, ever be staying at this house again. The owners were unable to find it in their hearts to allow us to reschedule our vacation; a near fatal heart attack notwithstanding. They said if we had bought rental insurance it would have been a different story, but they stuck to the contract. No refund/No rescheduled stay. I've written about it here:
And because of the way we were treated by the owners of the house we had rented and paid for in full, we're unsure as to whether we'll be back. We will not, for sure, ever be staying at this house again. The owners were unable to find it in their hearts to allow us to reschedule our vacation; a near fatal heart attack notwithstanding. They said if we had bought rental insurance it would have been a different story, but they stuck to the contract. No refund/No rescheduled stay. I've written about it here:
