Playing golf in our senior years was one of the reasons we moved South – warmer weather and out of the ice and snow and really cold weather.
Being close to so many golf courses – and the Local rates – has made it possible for us to play here rather than the expensive rates where we came from!
When we moved we took with us the home-based business we have been doing since 1996 – and today that income – monthly – has given us the freedom to expand our living –
We are both retired – with SS – Pensions and 401K – but in today’s World – that is not enough.
This has allowed us to live our dream – and enjoy retirement.
If this interests you – here is how to learn more.
Living in the South – near beaches – SUNSET BEACH and OCEAN ISLE BEACH – warm – sun and sand!
We are living our dream – and all the family has been here to visit.
SUNSET BEACH and in the distance – the tall building – OCEAN ISLE BEACH – within 20 minutes both beaches!
I had always wanted to live in the warm – sun and sand of the South.
Even in the Fall – we still have vibrant flowers and bushes – almost no ice – snow – it does get cold but within a couple days – it is back to the 50 and 60’s!
And of course when a grade-school friend comes to visit – you sit and talk – creating more memories.
Papa – sitting beneath Papa’s General Store in my blog PAPA’S WORLD – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog
FRIENDS COME TO VISIT YEARLY – MEMORIES – CELEBRATION OF OUR LIVES!
LIFE – HAPPINESS – LOVING FRIENDS OF YEARS AND YEARS – ONE OF OUR WHYS – GOLFING!
CAROLINA NIGHTS – SUNSETS – LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS – ONE DAY AT A TIME!
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PAPA’S WORLD – REFLECTIONS OF OUR LIFE – WISHES DO COME TRUE – YES – FAMILY – THERE IS A SANTA CLAUSE!!!!
Jimmy teeing off at LIONS PAW in OCEAN RIDGE – we were the last group to go out and the pro told us we could do a fivesome – we never saw anyone in front or behind us the entire time!
Sherry and Cindy in one cart – Jim by himself and Buck and I together.
We had a lot of fun – lost a lot of balls but also found some.
Cindy and Jim scooped a lost ball – while the rest of us watched the water – never did see any gators!
Buck getting ready to tee off – it was a beautiful day – sunshine – gentle breeze – ideal for golf.
Cindy teeing off – Jim helping Buck and me watching where Cindy’s ball goes!
Dottie had to work and was not with us – waiting for her to retire!
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SHERRY AND CINDY – PAPA’S WORLD – GOLFING LIONS PAW WITH FRIENDS!!!!!
Being married for 41 plus years and together for 43 years – you have to have a sense of humor –
which both of us have! LOL!!!!!
We dated for over a year before the engagement led to the wedding on 6-25-1982!
We had no money – both divorced – her two daughters – me two sons – who stayed with their mother.
A lot of road traveling in the early years to share custody both ways.
Our wedding day was on June 25, 1982.
We lived way out in the country – farmland all around us – very private – about two acres of grass to mow and the driveway was 1/10 of a mile long – that had to be mowed 8 feet on either side by hand that first Summer!
Debby – Sherry’s eldest – and Sherry’s father – Bill – first granddaughter of his to be married!
Today Debby has three daughters – Maddy – 23 – Ella – 20 and Sarah 17 –
Mike and Debby have been married for 28 years –
Her father Bill was like a second father to me as I lost my own father when I was 19.
Here we are with five granddaughters – taken before the only grandson – Bode.
Sarah – Maddy – Ella – Cassidy and Taylor – before they could walk.
Today Bode and his mother Tammy – Bode is nine years old.
Sherry with Tammy and Debby and Maddy’s boyfriend – Kendrick and all the grandkids.
Sherry with my sons and their partners and daughter – family!
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BODE – CASSIDY – TAYLOR – SARAH – ELLA and Maddy – LIFE WITH SHERRY!
PAPA and SHERRY – LIFE WITH SHERRY – living our dreams since 6-25-1982 – PAPA’S WORLD!
Sherry – Pam – Papa – Bobby – Bob and I went all the way from grade school to High School!
We played sports together – stayed at each other’s house – drank beer –
Hung around and grew up in a little town in the Alleghany foothills called Eldred in Pa.
While they reside in New Hampshire – they have been RVing for the past four-plus years –
leasing out their condo – they are on their way to Florida after spending last winter out West!
Their little dog Bo has been with them for over a year now – here we are walking around one of our ponds!
Walking the neighborhood – and looking at new builds – they will reevaluate after this winter – bringing to a close five years of life on the road to see if they want to put down roots or continue the Nomad life.
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This is the view from the front lawn and sidewalk of where I grew up in Eldred, PA. – North Main Street!
Both of my sons still live near here – my great-niece lives in the home I was raised in and my sister’s house next door is where my sister lived – now my niece lives there.
I have one niece who lives in Portville, N.Y. and most of the remaining family I grew up with are now gone.
My oldest son Troy is on the left – and my youngest son Shawn is on the right.
They both came down last summer but was a 16 to 18-hour drive!
With work and other commitments – it is hard for them to get away.
Troy builds houses from the ground up and Shawn has his own Energy Auditing and insulation business with the state government for housing for the elderly.
Shawn is a ranked nine-ball player and finished 33rd in the World competition.
The team he plays on finished first in the World competition in Las Vegas.
Troy has competed in the Easy Rider motorcycle competition.
This is my vision of Troy when he gets old! LOL
My sons family’s when they visited last summer.
Very proud of these two – if it was not so far away they would be here more often –
both still reside in NWPA in the Alleghany Mtns.
We combined two sets of children back in 1982 – her two daughters and my two sons.
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Main street – Eldred, Pa. 12 feet of flood water !
A sense of humor – our “WHY” we moved South – snow – ice – now sand and surf!
Equality among men and women – equal pay – equal rights – humanity – law and order – great military strength here and abroad – freedom – voting rights – respect – all I believe in.
I have always seemed to improve – learn – history – believe in God – be myself – loving – human!
Life is short – now in my senior years – living life to the plus one day at a time!
If I am going to play golf – I need patience and humor! LOL
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Never walking alone for he is carrying me! PAPA’S WORLD!
It all started for Sherry and me on June 25th. 1982 when we were married – the second time for the both of us – combining my two sons with her two daughters!
Today – both daughters are married with families of their own – living in NVA where we moved from.
My two sons still live back in NWPA and have come down to visit last summer.
The rest of the family has also visited and we look forward to everyone returning!
We still explore and do different things – dressing up for Halloween – driving new roads and seeing as much as possible!
Our friends visit – Bob and I went to grade school and then graduated from the same H.S.
Lifelong friends and now with Pam – his second wife – fun times!
Our only grandson from Sherry’s side – Bode – going to follow in the footsteps of his cousins whom both play and played soccer in college – Bode is going to be another soccer player!
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PICTURES TELL MEMORIES OF FAMILY – and now we are living our dream near the beaches!
Here in Cameron Woods Community – we have fantastic sunsets – this is the view from our driveway
And yet you turn 180 degrees and you have the same in fantastic sunrises!
We also can go out to the same spot and see STARLINK come across those same sunset sky’s!
We can google STARLINKS and see the time and direction that it will appear in a cloudless night sky!
What you see here is a straight line of dozens of space internet satellites known as STARLINKS
which are launched by Space X – and Elon Musk!
To date, there are some 4500 hundred of these circling the earth bringing internet service to remote areas and the vast amount of the population on this Earth!
It is an exciting sight to view them as they cross the sky in a straight line of dozens of White Satellites.
Our sky here is an experience almost every day with white and gray clouds!
We live in a great area for daytime and nighttime views of the sky!
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Our good friends Pam and Bob – whom I went to school with grade school through graduation.
Next month they will stop by on their RV tour and spend some time with us! MEMORY!
Our oldest granddaughter – Maddy – graduated from the University of Lynchburg with a degree in Environment Science – and played four years of soccer – As a Sophomore was third-team all-conference – Junior second-team all-conference and as a Senior Captain of the team –
Two out of four years they made it to the NCAA tournament!
One year was shortened by the COVID-19 Pandemic! Memory!
Our oldest daughter Debby and Mike and the granddaughters – Ella – Maddy and Sarah! Memory!
On one of our adventures of Kayaking on the marsh of the ICW in Ocean Isle Beach! Memory!
Our dream place – a ten-minute drive – sitting on the beach under the umbrella! Memory!
Our twin granddaughters who now are thirteen – Cassidy and Taylor – Memory!
Sherry with one of her best friends – Cindy – Golfing! Memory!
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Us – 1982 – married – PICTURES THROUGH TIME!
My two sons – Troy and Shawn! Memory!
Our youngest grandchildren – Cassidy – Bode and Taylor! Memory!
Oftentimes we will come to Sunset Beach just to see the Sunset – but – you also can come at dawn to see the Sunrise – above is the Sunset – next to the Sunrise!
At low tide, the expanse of the beach is flat and wide in the early dawn of the day.
Quiet – almost deserted as the Labor Day weekend has passed.
The water is still very warm – and we saw a lot of fish jumping in the surf and a little farther out two Dolphins!
The Sun just peeking above the horizon and a jet plane leaves a white trail across the sky!
Just enjoy the quiet walk – the sounds of the surf and the wide wet sand of SUNSET BEACH AT DAWN!
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WALKING SUNSET BEACH TO SEE THE SUNRISE in N.C. HAVE A GREAT DAY!
After dinner, I said to Sherry – “Want to go to Sunset Beach – get ice cream and stand on the deck”?
That is Southern Beach Living!
Living the Salt Life!
Our view of the Gazebo on Sunset Beach where we stood with our cups of small ice cream!
This is where the bathrooms – showers and free parking are!
If you turn around – you are looking at the beach – pier and ocean – we stood here and a bonus – there was live music on the pier we could listen to – that is why all the people faced the pier!
Looking West from this spot – the dunes – the pay-for parking lot – and the first row of houses – oceanfront means long walkways over the protected dunes to the beach and ocean!
Because the coastline here is on a curve – the beach faces almost South and a little bit East!
From Charleston, S.C. to Wilmington, N.C. the coast looks like a quarter-moon crescent!
Sort of like a huge coastline bay!
Most storms come up from Charleston and then make a beeline to Wilmington – Cape Fear River area and then onto the Outer Banks!
I believe the last Hurricane to cause disaster damage was in the 50s!
Sea oats on the dune – we can be here in 15 minutes – but we have the island – the ICW and the main coastline between us and the ocean.
So far we have experienced a tropical storm and a grade 1 Hurricane, a number 2 is pushing it for me – but could remain – it is the wind and the trees I fear the most!
Living the Salt life – choosing to be here – living life one day at a time!
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On The ICW – in Little River – sits BLUE DRUM – a restaurant that we have begun to frequent!
Next door to a marina – it opened a few months ago and we have been there three times!
One of the highlights for us is watching the boat traffic on the ICW – while eating lunch –
and seeing them dock and come up to eat!
You can sit on the covered porch or inside at the bar and tables or go down by the dock under umbrellas – protected from the harsh sun!
Peggy and Sherry looking out over the railing to the umbrellas and the ICW and boat docking!
The wind here cools things down with gentle breezes.
Our table is in the foreground – mostly shaded by the covered roof on the deck.
Next door is the boat marina where a neighbor of ours stores his boat.
We left here and went down toward Barefoot Landing before coming back.
We visited with Peggy and Adam Lawrence – who Sherry and I worked with back at the American Olean Tile Company in Olean, N.Y.
Adam was head of the Process – Engineering Department and my boss.
He now runs a very successful consulting business from Lancaster, Pa.
Sherry – Papa – Adam and Peggy – we have met up for the last couple of years when they come back each year to NMB for their vacation which they have done for years!
Great to see friends from WNY and talk about the past and future – at BLUE DRUM on the ICW!
Note the new add-on deck – done since our last visit a few weeks ago!
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In my many nights of Turtle Nest sitting – I came to the conclusion that it is about much more than protecting Sea Turtles!
One week in particular – a young boy – 12 years old – would always seek me out when he came to the nest!
His name was Henry – and even though I might be on the opposite side of the nest – he made it a point of walking to the shoreline and then coming back up the rope to where I stood!
He would talk to me – ask me questions and ask if he could be an intern next year.
I gave him the information – and answered all that I could to his questions.
He reminded me so much of our grandson Bode –
he had that inquisitive nature.
He was polite – and after a while would say I have to go now – but I will be back again
and so he did – each day – searching until he found me.
I met his cousins and siblings – he would go into the water as I watched and body ride the waves.
Each day checking in to see if anything was happening to the baby turtle.
On his last night of vacation – he came up to me and said he would be leaving in the morning –
I said to him it was a pleasure meeting you and if I do not see him again – good luck and follow your dream of being an intern here at OIB.
He looked at me and said, “You won’t be here next year”?
I said I would be here and he said then “I WILL SEE YOU”!
Yes HENRY – I will look for you for this made my day – a young person looking up to me –
This is a bonus in NEST SITTING for me – A YOUNG BOY NAMED HENRY!
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I have known Bob since grade school – all these years and still friends!
PJ is his second wife and Sherry is my second wife – we have been married for over 41 years!
Here was last fall when they visited in their RV and we went on a Kayak tour of the marsh along the ICW!
Best buddies since middle school and Senior H.S.
What can I say – for 35 to over 40 years we have been friends thick and thin – from family vacations on the beach to travel over the world – to golfing and to parties –
Friends the entire time – and get-togethers a couple times a year –
to now living 35 minutes away from one couple to soon one other couple 3 hours away.
FRIENDS FOR ALWAYS!
Three very good friends – always laughing – singing – sipping wine and beer – doing shots –
but just being friends!
Watching BILLS games together – we are all from the WNY and NWPA area – BILLS COUNTRY!
Time and time again – the three ladies – smiling – laughing – FRIENDS!
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We are living our dream – living on the N.C -S.C. border – close to so many really fine golf courses!
Our close friends live 35 minutes away and we get together often – golf and dinner.
We are so close to a couple beaches – 15 minutes and we are on the sand at either one.
We get to watch the change over every weekend – much as we did in our younger years when we vacationed at the beach – now we live it every day.
The footprints disappear only to be made over and over again each day.
No more snow and ice – yes it does get cold – but by midday, it is bearable to be out and about.
Living life one day at a time!
We have now watched our oldest granddaughter graduate from college – sad that soccer has ended with her – but happy that it continues with her sister in her junior year at college.
We have volunteered at the memory care unit and now the SEA TURTLE PROTECTION program for N.C.
Ocean Isle Beach – walking the beach and sitting at nesting sites.
WE ARE LOVING LIFE IN OUR NEAR TO BE MID SEVENTY!
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The sun sets for this day – one of many – many we have enjoyed in our new life in retirement!
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