As we
continued to push north, we passed thru the town of Wilson, NC. The Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park is in the
heart of town. We walked thru the park
and enjoyed the many designs. It would
have been better if we had some real wind.
If you are in the area, it is well worth visiting. The whirligigs were designed and built by
Vollis Simpson, a farm machinery repairman.
He worked on the sculptures seven days a week until about six months
before he died at the age of 94.
We then
entered the Outer Banks of North Carolina and stopped for 2 nights at the OBX
campground along the water. We had made
a reservation, as we wanted to have a waterfront site. Being the outer banks, we were some distance
from the water, but that meant we had a huge backyard to enjoy. It was a very nice park with level sites and
full hookups.
It also had
an unusual feature for a campground, on the highest point in the campground was
an old cemetery. While I did not find any
info on the cemetery, it was clearly located on the only high ground in the
area and seems to have been used into the 1930’s.
1 comment:
Nice to be near the water!
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