Two Towers

Actually this post has nothing to do with the Lord of the Rings or anything of that sort.
But still, towers.

When we got here to Topsail Beach there were a couple of these towers, right next to each other.
So...

One evening The Fuzz was out and about, and chanced to meet some of the town workers.

He remarked that there had been a lot of activity lately in the area behind the fire department/town hall.

This was also the location of these 2 towers.

They told him that they were preparing to remove one of them.

It seems that tower "B" was only temporary, which explains the apparent redundancy.

In fact a crew was coming to work on it in the morning.

The Fuzz chatted a bit and it was pretty much agreed that none of them had any desire to climb up there themselves.

The Fuzz didn't think much more about it.

The next morning, while The Fuzz was out for his morning walk, he saw a crane arriving.

Then as he and His Sweetie were on their way out for a trip over to the Big City, they saw this out of the window.

Then, she drew his attention to the fact that there was a man on top of the tower!

Now this was something one does not see every day.

(Unless I suppose one is in the business)

Naturally at this point The Fuzz grabbed his camera and went out looking for a better vantage point.

And then he realized the man on the top was not alone. 

There was a second guy below him, halfway up.

He worked his way up and around.

And hung up his bucket of tools...

Then went up to join his partner.

It was a long way up.
As interesting as this was, The Fuzz and His Sweetie did have a sort of schedule for the day...

And these guys seemed to have things in hand.
So they left them to their work.

By the time they got back that evening, Tower "B" was gone.

The next morning the crew was out there bright and early finishing up the job.

But this time they got to stay on the ground.

They were even taking up the base that was under the tower...

Loading it up...

And carrying it off.
Later, The Fuzz watched as the crew headed  on out of town.

 
  

  

New Era

It's a New Era here in the woods.  The Not So Young Daughter has finally graduated from the High School.

Here's a couple of pix from the Graduation Ceremony.

The pix aren't all that great due to the limitations of The Fuzz's camera and his seat in the nosebleed section.

Maybe you can pick her out in these pix.

The Fuzz can't.

There was quite a crowd at the Graduation.

For a moment it looked like everyone wouldn't make it in.

But things worked out in the end, although it was hard to find everyone in the crowd afterward.

Then it was back to the woods for a Banana Split Party.

There were even T-shirts for all!

The Not So Young Anymore Daughter is the last of the 8 young'uns to make this leap into the real world.

The Fuzz says,

Good job

And may God be with you.

Moving Along with Moving Along

The last of the contents of the apartment were loaded, and a rather beat up car hitched on behind.  And then after a stop for (a lot of) fuel, the convoy hit the road.

The drive itself was pretty uneventful although it was carried out at a high rate of speed.

The weather was good, with just a brief but intense shower near the destination.

By the time the paperwork was complete, and keys procured, it was getting dark.

There was a bit of a climb up to the Newlywed's new home.  As this Pix, made the next morning, illustrates.

Everything was successfully unloaded, and then the sky opened up and it poured down rain!  Perfect timing!  The truck was dropped off, and it was time for another Burger!  This time they hit the Red Robin.  The Fuzz thought it was pretty good also, although his "Sauteed 'Shroom" burger was covered with fungus of some kind. 

In the morning, it was time to head back to The Old North State, and home, leaving the Newlyweds to sort out the mess.

Moving Along

After the recent wedding, it was time for the newlyweds to set up housekeeping.  But this involved some serious relocation.  And The Fuzz got himself involved, along with the Elder Brother and Brother in Law.

The first step (after arriving in Our Great State's Capital) was to empty the former student's apartment.  He had already procured a U Haul truck.  Really this was not so bad a job since he had been living with a minimum of furniture for years.

That night was spent on the floor of the now empty apartment.

But first there was  side trip to visit the Second Sister and Friend.  

The Fuzz discovered he was in the company of the Burger Bunch.  This little known society is occupied with sampling, and rating various Hamburger Joints, although perhaps "Joints" would be inappropriate in this case.

Tonight's subject was the Only Burger.

The Fuzz had The Philly, with a side of onion rings, and of course a beer.  It was pretty good.

The next morning they slipped off for some biscuits and coffee before hitting the road.

There they saw the aftermath of this unfortunate incident.

And then it was time to hit the road.