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Peoples Creek campground is on Wappapello Lake in southeast Missouri.

Our welcoming committee!  Seemingly 4 happy dogs, until we got close...2 of them turned into gremlins :)

On our 3 mile hike today...

6 Miles this day, Wen poses with Ranger Willie B. Safe :)

Today we finished off our 3 days of hiking with a 7+ mile excursion.  This picture is of the pass under a road that leads to a campground that has been closed for a while due to wind damage from severe storms.  A very hilly and challenging walk!

As you can see, this campground has a ways to go before it reopens.

Wen and I enjoy a brief respite to let knees and hips recuperate before continuing on.

A video from our campsite.

So much has happened in the past 2 weeks.  We left the Outer Banks 2 weeks ago.  We went back to SC for a quick visit with my Dermatologist to have some additional surgery.  Margins were all fine...so thankful for that!  Dr. Wendy removed the stitches 10 days later...all looks good.  We had a chance to be with our Via de Cristo group and share a couple of hours together.  We talk most every Thursday morning from all parts of the country.  They like to wake us up when we're on Mountain and Pacific time.  :)
We rushed back out to Tunica for a couple of days and the plan was to meet up with friends at Mt View, Arkansas.  I had to go to an ER in Memphis, TN, for problems with my blood pressure.  A few tests revealed nothing and the likely culprit was dehydration.  A call back to my SC doctor resulted in a new prescription for me and I'll follow up with a virtual visit in a couple of weeks.
We met Dwaine and Nancy in Mt. View and stayed 3 nights at an RV park there.  It was very quiet and relaxing.  We enjoyed good food and music.  It was a wonderful time we'll always remember.
A quick trip to Garfield, AR to get our ice cream fix and off to where we are now...Lampe, MO.  It's beautiful here by the lake and the weather has been wet and cool, but we've been able to squeeze in our daily walks.
​I'll post all the pictures in this one blog entry so as to "catch up".

In line for the long ferry ride back to the mainland.

A quick trip to Costco in Mt. Pleasant, SC, to stock up on paper towels :)

One night at a Cracker Barrel in Adairsville, GA, and we're back in Tunica, MS.

Wendy decided to wander from the established trail and the scenery was worth it.  However, you do have to keep your eyes open...

3 days later we're in Mt View AR,

This was a cool little music store.  I ended up swapping my hard guitar case for a soft case.  It is so much lighter and I have a lot more room in the closet now :)

Dwaine is enjoying Nancy's progress with a dulcimer :)

A much needed rest after a testy walk up a long and steep stairway to the visitor center.  I won't say who suggested we attempt such a climb but I will tell you his initials are....DWAINE! 

It's great to see the young ones jump right in and play.

This was a good group of musicians.  They joined together for this last song and I heard a very good bass voice that I hadn't heard all night, yet there was no-one added.  I looked and looked during the song to see who had the bass voice and could not see him.  I had to ask Wendy.  Well, SHE is the second from the right holding the guitar.  I've never heard a lady sing bass.  She has a wonderful contralto voice and I was stunned :)

Ice cream fix in Garfield, AR.  Believe it or not, I went back for seconds...a much smaller chocolate one.  I had to sample the chocolate to see which one I'll get next time through.  Chocolate it will be! 

Now in Mill Creek COE park in Lampe, Missouri.

A little laundromat humor before we go :)

The computer is fixed (for the moment).  I really appreciate YouTube!!!  You'll notice some subtle changes as I tried to fix a lot of mistakes I made with my fat fingers using Wendy's tablet.

We left Nags Head during some pretty windy weather...gale force winds and cool temps.  It was our first ferry with both trailer and truck.  It was an hour and a half ride.  We thought it nice we were at the front of the line as the view was great, but didn't reckon on all the salt spray from the gale force winds.  The other bad reason for being at the front of the line I'll explain a little later.

It was his first trip out and very evident he was not a happy camper :)

This ride was 1 1/2 hours long.  A straight line to our destination would have taken about 15 minutes but many sandbars and obstacles had to be negotiated.

After landing at Okracoke, I found the second reason to avoid being first in line!  We were first off and leading the pack down the only road to town, some several miles away.

I wished this fellow had been down the road sooner, he would have scraped a pretty good sized sand dune out of my way before I hit it at 50 mph!  I think we were slightly airborne for a moment.  No damage...yay.  And no flipped shackles...yay!

We've moved to 4 different spots in 6 days.  And decided to extend for 2 more days and 1 more move.  A lot of people travel through and we had to piece-meal through reservations to find unreserved spots.  It has been well worth it!

This lies 150 yards away from us, on the other side of a large sand dune.  Very beautiful :)  Nice sounds to sleep with every night!

Below is a short test video...

I'm fearful of my mental recall of the past few days' events, so here goes.  I'm finding out my fingers are really NOT compatible with touch screens.

​After leaving Ft Fisher we made our way to Oregon Inlet in Nags Head, NC.  Naturally we found an icecream establishment but picked up a hitch-hiker along the way.

Thanks, Connie, he likes ice cream as much as I do!

This was a very nice park and we could only stay 1 night because it stays full.

We visited a local restaurant, on the beach, and took these pictures, below, of thousands and thousands of migrating cormorants (I think that's what they were).  They paraded by for about 45 minutes.

The highlight of the day was when we saw this couple on the beach.  Wendy said " He's going to propose".  I mildly gave another explanation for what we were seeing.  Sure enough....he got down on one knee and we witnessed the blessed event from the restaurant deck.  As soon as were were confident she said yes, as captured by our camera, we stood and cheered :)

​​We're in Okracoke, NC and my computer's video card just crashed.  My brother-in-law, Tom, warned me about these Samsung computers.  Wendy's touch screen tablet raises my blood pressure so I'll wait until we get back to civilization and get another laptop.  Stay tuned for my next post about this place.  It should be pretty interesting!