I just wish I could share the sounds we hear and the hot, damp air around us, the beads of sweat running down your body making you think it's one of the multitude of bugs crawling where you don't want them to be! 
I was taking a picture of the lilies and realized there was a bird in the viewfinder. It blended so well with the rocks that I hadn't seen it until I zoomed in .
HUGE lily pads!
George enjoying the boardwalk.
Goodnight, Sun. See you in the morning.
a nice gravel road, a little on the roller coaster side but not bumpy. Several deer and a rabbit crossed in front of us and occasionally the bright flash of a cardinal caught our eye. Not bad!
However, we became a bit concerned when the road began to look like this, hoping we weren't trespassing on private property. But we decided to see what was beyond that house; maybe the road continued. The map view on the GPS showed it going on...... Wrong!
This is what we found. Apparently there is a road there but the owner chose not to mow it. We turned around, thinking we made a wrong turn somewhere but the GPS kept wanting to direct us right back, whichever road we chose. We had no idea where we were because these roads are not on the map we have. So I'm thinking, "Oh, this is just great! We're going to stumble into someone's still (yes, they do exist) back in these woods and get ourselves in trouble." I finally got us headed in the general direction of 'home' (the GPS shows the direction you're going, thank goodness) and ignored the GPS until it rerouted. I've since learned that I could have 'excluded' that road it kept wanting to return us to and it would have rerouted us sooner. But hey, we did save some gas and saw some very rural Louisiana and Arkansas living!
Taking the Proposal up the second flight of stairs. That's where the rails are....way up high!
Putting the finishing touches on the 90 degree grinding head he designed and made. It is an improvement on what he had been using, easier to use and more cost effective than the old way.
The fields are green with cotton (I had never seen the blossoms), 
peanuts (above), sweet potatoes, soy beans, corn, and wonderfully sweet watermelon and cantaloupe. There's nothing so refreshing on a hot, HUMID day as cold, sweet, juicy watermelon. Ahhhh!
And those cypress never cease to amaze me; trees growing in the water, turning it a beautiful clear brown with the tannin they release. Swamp water :)
Honeysuckle vine climbing the trees in the swampy areas.
And it's not fair to go on about the beauty in North Carolina without mentioning the bugs. Mercy, there are bugs here! As I was taking these pictures I was fighting off mosquitoes, yellow flies (they bite, too), red ants (also biters), and worrying about chiggers and ticks. Tends to make one want to stay indoors. Or go for the insect repellent.
On to Edenton's waterfront and Historic District. A sign on one of these cannon said they were "Brought to Edenton on The Holy Heart of Jesus in 1778".
An old cotton mill now converted to high end apartments.
"Wessington"
And Home Sweet Home, Rocky Hock Campground,
And we don't typically see this at Walmart.
Nice house, huh? The buggies caught my attention and then I noticed the people working on the house. In the foreground is the corner of a huge new barn and the horses were in there. Pretty neat. I would have liked to share whatever the women were barbecuing!
Where Elle goes when she hears thunder. She and George were pond fishing when the storm came up. Her feet got my pants and the blanket I was stitching all muddy :( We had to make a dash for the motor home when the rain poured down.
And then it was time to leave Ohio and 'my' killdeer babies hadn't hatched yet. I was so sad. I pulled the table over the nest and waited to see what would happen. Well, the parents came back but wouldn't get on the nest. I figured the table was a threat as they build their nests out in the open, so I moved the table, putting it in front of the nest, edited my sign and watched again. And they were ok with that; one settled down on the eggs and I had to be content with doing all I could to protect them. Funny how a pair of birds can get into your heart. As we watched them for a couple weeks we were able to tell them apart, not by looks but by actions. One was spooky and would get off the nest whenever we opened the door or even went near the window too quickly, but the other one was not so timid and would stay on the nest, just cock it's little head and look up at us. And If Elle got too close it would actually go after her....really surprised me! I had never seen one do that, only the distraction thing. It was such a privilege and so much fun to watch them up close. 
