Beautiful Day on the OBX

Today really turned out to be a nice day here.
The temperature got up to 73 degrees.
I decided to really put my foot to the test today. I have been pushing it a bit to see what limitations, if any, that I might have with it.
I went for 3 walks today with each one being 2 "laps" around our neighborhood.
The full outcome of my walking and how it will or won't effect my foot has yet to seen in full.
Right now it is a little sore but so is the rest of my body.
I have not really had the chance to do any serious walking for months now.
Hopefully by tomorrow, my foot will be back to normal and pain free.
I am working hard to get into shape so that when Veronica and I go to Alaska, at the end of next month, I will be able to walk around will little to no pain.
Tomorrow Veronica and I will be going for a drive to do a little touristy stuff. Hopefully I can get some nice photos to share with everyone.
Always looking for that next "money shot".
The weather is supposed to be nice again tomorrow, so it should be a good photographic day.

Test Walk With My Foot

This morning I went for my first walk since having my foot surgery. Actually I did one "lap" around the neighborhood and then took a brief break to take some photos and then I did another "lap". I have no idea how long these "laps" are in distance but eventually I will build myself and my foot up again, so that I can do many "laps". So far my foot feels pretty good but we will wait and see how it feels later on tonight.

We live on the sound side of the Outer Banks. On one side you have the Atlantic Ocean and on the other side is the sound. The photo below is of Blount Bay, which is right behind and to the side of our place. They are 2 other bays on either side of Blount Bay...there is Kitty Hawk Bay and then Buzzard Bay. If you boat out of Blount Bay, you end up in Albemarle Sound. We are approximately 3 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.

Here is the view that we have from our 3rd floor deck

While going on my walk I found a few things to take photos of.

Here is a photo of Blount Bay.

This is a cloe up photo of what we can see from our 3rd floor deck.

This pier has seen better days. Part of it is has collapsed into the water

There is a road that goes through the neighborhood and ends in a circle drive. Beyond the land is some marsh land and then Blount Bay

There is a canal that runs behind the neighborhood clubhouse and swimming pool. There is a wooden walkway that runs parallel to this canal. While walking on the walkway, I found this neat looking boat that must have sunk some time ago based on the plant growth around it and in it.

Here is the canal and the wooden walkway that I was speaking of. This canal opens up into Blount Bay

Below is a photo looking up into the canal towards the main road

I am not sure what these are for...possibly for clams or crabs. They have troughs, lights and a lot of pvc piping

They are a lot of these traps in the area...the dark cages that are piled up on the right side of the picture..near the building. I am thinking that these are crab traps

Another view of this channel

Followup to a Followup Blog Entry

It has been a couple of days since I wrote my last followup blog entry about my dealings with Charter Communications.
I appreciate the fact that all of my initial service setup and installation issues were resolved in a professional and high quality manner.
Unfortunately, the customer care, service and treatment that I received, was after the multiple problems had already occurred. The customer care, service and treatment after the multiple problems occurred, should have been the customer care, service and treament that I and all customers should receive from our very initial contact with this company.
Until Charter Communications takes a good hard look at how some of their customers are treated, from their initial contact through installation of services and beyond , and make some serious changes, they will never being to compete with companies such as Cox Cable and Verizon.