Week three in Wilmington, N.C.

A cute shot of my little Debby at Snow’s cut.

Wow three weeks in Wilmington, didn’t think we would be here that long!  It has been a fun time but our visit here is just about over.

Bogie showing his seasonal spirit!

First a bit about the buns.  I haven’t posted a whole lot about them this leg of the trip because .. well there isn’t that much to say, the gang is settled in very nicely and there has been peace in the trailer!  There are some changes though in how we have them set up.  Since Zoe is our biggest PITA she gets to come with us almost everywhere and since Halle and Zsolt are the the most crowded in their cage we have taken to pulling Zoe’s cushion and blanket out of her cage and transferring the buns into that cage.  Zoe’s cage is at least a foot longer and 6 inches wider than the buns cage so they have quite a bit of extra bouncing room when we are out.  It is kind of funny though when we get home, Zoe knows the buns are in her house and she gets a little jealous about them being in there, it’s not a problem though and she sits by patiently as we move the buns home. Now that we have been here awhile and are comfortable with the park we are not moving the buns inside anymore.  There have been no problems with the cats or dogs, the park is safe and quiet and the buns are comfortable so we bought some little locks and are now locking up the cages and covering them with a blanket and closing up the outside room tightly.  I really think the buns prefer this routine because we don’t have to get them all worked up moving them and their cages into the trailer, it is working very well but we will go back to moving them inside at our next stop until we feel as safe there as we do here.

Mr. Bogart hanging in his litter box at the BunFest!

Doc making his guest appearance At the BunFest.

Bogie is getting a bit bored, he was in a very high traffic area in our house in Kanab so he got TONs of pets and love and he went on lots of walks in Kanab. He was also out and about a lot as a Humane Education Rabbit with Best Friends but he hasn’t had that kind of stimulation on this trip.  He has taken to chewing on the bars of his cage when it is time for dinner or he wants a cuddle.  We are going to give him a treat tomorrow and bring him downtown for a stroll along the Farmer’s Market and the streets of Historic Downtown.  I think he will love it and we are going to put a tip jar on his buggy to see if we can raise some money for the next leg of the trip.  Joey Bishop is really blooming and is acting and treating me like he was before we bonded him with Angie Dickinson, he is loving getting petted and has been letting me sit with him in my lap and carrying him around!  Angie is still a bit put off by this whole trip business but is doing fine, letting us pet her and is eating, drinking, peeing and pooping like she should.  Halle and Zsolt are the same characters they were at the beginning of this sojourn and are doing well. Good old Doc is doing great, being the sweet little guy he has always been!

I also wanted to talk about hay, hay from stores like petSmart and petCo and other pet supply stores can cost a bundle and the bags are tiny.  We have found a much better way to get hay while on the road.  Since we are pulling and staying in a travel trailer we are usually (OK always) a bit out of town and there seems to always be horse folk living near where the RV parks are, where there are horses there are feed stores.  We have found that most feed stores (well the ones we have been to) have grass hay but none of them will break a bale so we could only buy a couple flakes at a time. Since storing a whole bale of hay in a travel trailer is out of the question we have found that the feed stores will let us collect the loose stuff in the hay storage sheds and on our last visit to the feed store here in Wilmington there was a broken bale so we were able to get 3 flakes.  The price is WAY better than the little bags and the hay is better and fresher, the buns have loved all the stuff we have gotten and since we see what goes in the bag we know there is no bad hay going into our buns!

Now what we have been up to:

Houses on the water at Snow’s Cut

On Monday, 11/12 we went down to Snow’s Cut to have a little hike.  Snow’s Cut is an artificial canal that connects the Cape Fear River with Myrtle Grove Sound just north of Carolina Beach and is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, it is within walking distance from our RV park.  The canal was completed in 1931 and was named for Maj. William A. Snow who supervised the $5.3 million dredging project. Although the name is unofficial, it is called Snow’s Cut by the locals because of the Majors efficiency. (Snow’s engineering was apparently so good that a lock, originally included in plans for the project, was found to be unnecessary.)

Victor walking along the drop-off at Snow’s Cut

A tug pushing a barge through Snow’s Cut

There are amazing houses by the water, beautiful marshes, several nice parks with picnic tables and grills, nice beaches for fishing and a very easy path that goes on for at least two miles along the water on the north side of the channel.  The banks of the trail are pretty steep at times but the path is level and it was a very nice hike.  Zoe loved the walk but still cannot get used to the idea that the water around these parts is either salty or brackish so it all tastes like crap!  We lucked out on our hike and saw a pod of dolphins swimming in the channel as the sun was setting and we watched as a tug boat pushed a barge through the water. Great day!!!

Tuesday we went into town and got our resumes printed along with some pictures, we dropped some at EUE ScreenGems Studios to see if we could become famous movie stars but the guy said there wasn’t anything going on until after the first of the year so I guess we won’t be moving to Hollywood any time soon!  We also went to the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) to look around and so Debby could get a sweat shirt.  Debby’s Grandson just signed for a four year full ride basketball scholarship so she wanted to show support!

It was rainy on Wednesday so we hung around camp, I practiced on my guitar, ukulele and flutes.  I need to keep my chops up for the next time I am able to play on the streets.  I am also learning a new song on the uke, “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen, I’ll try to get a video up on youTube when I get it down and will link it here in a future post, Maybe I can get Debby to record a video of me playing it on the streets!  We also did a cage and litterbox cleanup. It was still raining on Thursday but Debby had a fitting for her role as Army Chaplin Seymour on the network series “Revolution” (nope not kidding) the fitting was canceled because the costumes had not come in yet so we went to the store and then back to camp to hang out and stay dry and warm.

Debby on set for the network series “Revolution”

See, I wasn’t kidding! Today Debby was filming!!!  Michael Hand told me about this Facebook page that advertised for the extras for this series so I has been following it and sending in for every possible extra part I could fit, we saw one for “one female professional type” so we immediately sent in Debby’s info and received a reply that she was booked within 10 minutes.  She filmed today and she was the only extra in her scene, pretty cool if you ask me!  Her episode won’t air until March and is episode 12.  I have been watching the series and I really like it.  I got called for a “townie” spot and while Debby was filming I was at the studio in wardrobe getting fitted, I film on Monday!

That was our week, it was a lot of fun but  we are planning on heading further south on Tuesday morning, probably Charleston, SC for a couple of days, then Marietta, GA to visit the folks at the North Georgia HRS.  I worked with this group on their website a couple years ago and made some friends in the chapter so it will be nice to meet them in person.  We have reservations in Panama City, Florida on the 24th so that is our first deadline for The Sunshine State.  We have applications in at an RV park on Grassy Key to see if we can work at the park for some money and a free full hook-up site, keep your fingers crossed and send good thoughts that we get the gig, it would help tons to have a steady gig while we were there!

Hope you all are doing well and I’ll post again soon.

Victor