After two days spent in St augustine, we really head north.  It is Sunday and traffic is increasing as the day advances...people are driving back home to the Carolinas, Virginia and Massachussets after the Thanksgiving holidays. The weather is still gorgeous and we reminisce our frequent travels along this coast, by car and by boat! We stop in Selma, North Carolina where we visit JR Cigars...and the Days Inn just around the corner. It is our best deal after New Orleans: the room is cheap but the accomodation luxurious: you'd think that you are at the Marriott!!! 

Before we drive back to Kingston, Ontario we will stop in Kingston on the Hudson, in New York state. We will have a short visit with our friends Pam and Bill, the owner of Songbird, whom we met in 2008 and with whom we have kept in touch. We were really sad to learn that the hurricane Sandy had pushed Songbird on the beach recently...and that the cottage in which Pam and Bill were renting, was also destroyed by the storm...

But Songbird was sucessfully lifted by 2 cranes AND was able to motor tto the yacht club, where it was lifted în a more conventionally and

put on a cradle. Both are happy that not more damages have occurred...I guess they will have a busy spring!!!!

We had a nice visit with them and shared stories of the pat as well as future plans to visit in Canada, this time.