Yesterday we drove to Wilmington to collect the remaining belongings we had shipped from Australia. Wilmington is a large town on the coast about 300 km from Durham. It is the oldest European settlement in North Carolina and has a number of claims to fame. Michael Jordan grew up there. He still has family in town and we were told he regularly visits. Apparently he also contributes a considerable amount of money to the town. The local museum even has a display dedicated to him. It was also where Dawson’s Creek was filmed. I never watched the show so I don’t know if we saw anything a Dawson-buff would have recognized, perhaps Grace can help us?
Despite the distance Wilmington was easy to get to, there is a four-lane highway the whole way. You don’t get to see much scenery though. It was a pleasant touristy town with an attractive waterfront and business district. We think it would make a nice holiday spot.
The plants were also interesting. As you can see in the pictures, there were buttressed trees growing in the swamps next to the river and also a strange lichen-epiphyte-thing hanging from all the trees.
We were happy to finally get all our stuff. We were especially happy to finally get the Chimes Estate wine and the beanies that Gran knitted for us!
1 comment:
So it took a month longer than you expected for the crate to arrive!?! What did they do, send it via Afganistan?
Merry Xmas, and have a good New Year!
Tim.
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