The quiet of the dawn / myLot

Pikeville, North Carolina

July 20, 2019 6:07am CST

Pee O'Clock came early this morning with Ace bugging me to take him out starting around 5:30 a.m. EDT. We - Ace, Ginger, and I - walked a circuit of the campground, which measures about a kilometer/0.62 miles. It was very nice with nothing but the sound of the forest birds making their morning calls and the hum of a/c units on the few camping rigs here in the park. There are 11 occupied campsites currently. During our walk, I only spotted 3 other campers up and about. Today promises to be another hot one with very little chance of rain to cool things down. We will spend most of the day here in the camper reading and watching movies on DVD. Tomorrow we head home. What are your plans for this Saturday?

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MrsJ

@SophiaMorros (5046)

• Belews Creek, North Carolina

20 Jul 19

I was going to just sit and stare at your snowflake image and think cool thoughts. It didn't work though. Two seconds and I was transported back to early elementary and the very real struggle to make scientifically accurate paper snowflakes...ones with six points. Isn't it funny how things stick in one's brain?

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

20 Jul 19

Making those paper snowflakes was the bain of my first-grade art experience.

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MrsJ

@SophiaMorros (5046)

• Belews Creek, North Carolina

20 Jul 19

@DWDavis

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jul 19

I don't recall ever having to make these - thank goodness.

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Sandy

@velvet53 (22528)

• Palisade, Colorado

21 Jul 19

I had a pretty lazy Saturday as it was hot here also. I went and seen both of my sons then came home and stayed inside. What camp site was you in?

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Sandy

@velvet53 (22528)

• Palisade, Colorado

21 Jul 19

@DWDavis That is interesting. I wasin NC about 15 years ago. I never got to see anything. I was working too much to be able to go out and see things.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

22 Jul 19

@velvet53 I spent most of my childhood in eastern NC and saw surprisingly little of the state. I moved home about 25 years ago and have been trying to make up for it since.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

21 Jul 19

We were at Medoc Mountain State Park right on the fall line between the piedmont and the coastal plains here in NC. Medoc Mountain is a 360-foot high remnant of a Paleozoic mountain range that existed some 350 million years ago.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

20 Jul 19

we have company for dinner tonight.The rest of the day keeping cool and hanging out

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

20 Jul 19

I hope you are enjoying your little break away from home. I hope it stays cool enough for you too! Safe journey home!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

20 Jul 19

Thanks to 50 amp service and our camper's a/c, we are staying cool. This morning we went for a walk of about 1.5 km and stayed in the shade as much as possible. Heat index/Real Feel was already up to 42C.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325345)

• Rockingham, Australia

21 Jul 19

We had a very wet camping experience but we're home again now.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

21 Jul 19

We got up and packed up at Pee O'Clock to beat the heat. The heat index was still 38C when we got home.

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