Los Flemings

Sam and I joined a group of family's from the UU Fellowship for a weekend at Shelter Neck near Burgaw (just outside of Wilmington). It is now a retreat center but was one of the first UU churches and schools in NC. (the old school house is pictured to the left)



We bunked up in the old farm house (picture below) and enjoyed hanging out with the other families. The kids were mostly entertained by the neighbors' goat pen and a basset hound that roamed the grounds. There was lots of space to run around outside and in the evenings we had campfires and all the fixings for smores.




On Saturday Sam and I took a little float trip on nearby Holly Shelter Creek with another family. But the biggest excitement was the storm that rolled in late Saturday night and brought torrential rain and high winds across the state. As of today (Thursday) there are still folks without power in western NC. The wet weather made for soggy packing up on Sunday morning. We lingered to help with the clean-up and to see if the weather would break. Fortunately when we left there was a hint of sunshine and we had a pleasant drive. home (one of the resulting puddles below).





Mame had a busy and exciting weekend of clinicals that included being walked through 95% of her first combined spinal epidural procedures (you'll have to ask her for the technical explanation) and a major trauma case. In between shifts at the hospital she did her best to get ready for yet another test on Monday afternoon (which had a positive result). She's encouraged by the fact that they are done with class lectures for the semester and only have two more tests to go before the summer break.