Thursday, June 26, 2008-Frisco Campground, NC

This morning, after I made coffee, I turned on my computer. Things have been going pretty smoothly lately, so I wasn't surprised when the computer did not boot up. It really was DOA. The keyboard lights on the right side that show power, hard disk and battery blinked and all but the power light went off. The three lights on the left side started blinking in succession. One of the lights is the  caps lock indicator, but I don't  know what the other two are for. There was no boot up screen or blue screen of death. It didn't get that far. This was my worst nightmare. Anyway, I can' t have it serviced until I return to school. I had made backups on our portable hard drive before we left and I copied as many files as we needed to Sue's computer. More technology adventures!

We skipped the beach today. We both got a little more sun than we meant to yesterday and didn't want to get a burn. We returned to Dirty Dick's marina and took pictures of the boats, marina and restaurant for the web site. Then we drove to Avon and the Food Lion for groceries. On our return, we stopped at a local private campground and asked if we could use their laundry facilities. They told us we could and tomorrow morning we will do laundry for the first time on our trip. Earlier, I bought four T-shirts for $10 and that help me get this far. Today it was hot, but typically very breezy and it felt great.

Saturday, we will  leave for Kitty Hawk and check out Joe and  Kay's Campground. It is just behind the Wright Brothers' National Memorial. If it looks ok, we will stop and spend the day. We saw the memorial the last time  we were here, but Sue is interested in a return visit. Sunday we will drive to Shenandoah National Park at Big Meadows campground. We want to beat the Fourth of July crowd. I hope we are not too late.