After two previous tries (canceled due to COVID and hip dislocation) the third time was the charm. We made it to Wilmington, NC and had a splendid visit with our granddaughter, Alison.
She gave us a tour of the lab and office area at her work place on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. We now have a better understanding of the work she does; think rescue/recovery of stranded marine mammals, doing necropsies of carcasses to determine cause of death, keeping data, instructing students and outreach programs for the community.
She is having a grand time discovering the Wilmington she didn’t
experience while an undergraduate largely due to COCID and two hurricane evacuations.
Taking us to a couple of her favorite bars and coffee shops she showed us a
little glimpse of her life as a young adult.
Knowing we like bluegrass music, she found a venue and enjoyed a new experience herself. (Can you believe she had never heard Rocky Top?) Now she has an interest in learning to play the banjo.
It is such a wonderful feeling to know grandchildren are healthy, happy and passionate about their careers.
It is fortunate our route to Wilmington takes us through one of our favorite cities, Asheville, N.C. We stopped in at two of our “must visit” breweries,
and also the lovely home of our dear friends, Kathy and Jesse in
the beautiful North Carolina mountains.
They send their love and greeting back to their friends in Paducah.
Greeting us on our return home is an abundance of blooms.
With the warmer than normal temperatures, the garden is waking up and ABN is ready to get her hands dirty.
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