Memory Lane

I'm hoping everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. It's hard to believe that yet another summer has come to pass.

For me, I can't say it was a boring one. This was perhaps one of the most event filled summer I have had, but, to be honest, I can't say I am one to ever be bored.

This weekend closed my summer with a trip to see my cousin Juli and daughter Brittany. Although I have done this before since moving to North Carolina over 2 years ago, this time I made the trek East with my mom. Now, this was the first trip my mom has made to see me. In future posts I'll have a few more stories regarding her visit.

The thing with taking my mom to see my cousin is that I actually forgot that she had spent a lot of time in North Carolina many years ago. Back when I was just a small tike of say 2-3 years old. My mom used to come to visit Juli's mom and then later moved to NC and lived in Cherry Point Marine base with my then step-father who was stationed there.

What we thought would be interesting is to visit a few places that my mom may have remembered from way back then. So, we decided to drive over to Newport, NC, were Juli lived as a child. Now wow, that is an interesting town. Not much to speak of really. Even the shops in the downtown look like either small brick buildings, but many, well, many look like dressed up trailers. The only "solid" looking building was the local church.

What was as interesting as the sightseeing was hearing the stories my mom would tell about the period of her life. Funny, the things we find out about our parents only once we have been.

One regret of this little trip is that I did not take more pictures. I have no idea why when we drove by the house Juli lived in I decided NOT to pull my camera out and snap a shot. It begs the question, How many shot do we not take that we regret not taking later? For me, it's not many fortunately. But, in this case, I truly messed up.

Well, I made up for the disappointment by stopping at a local ice cream parlor/candy store. That made me feel better. :)