I’ve got a few photos of our trip down to Ma Paco’s place in Mann’s Harbor (click to enlarge). The town (or village, rather) is located on Roanoke Island, across the way from Nags Head. The most magnificent structure is the local post office.
And here’s a shot of Ma’s farm house. That big tree in the foreground is a pecan.
Here’s a dogwood tree, of great antiquity (notice the girth of the trunk).
Ma Paco has a small orchard with figs, pear trees, apple trees, and some sizable blueberry bushes.
Unfortunately, it rained most of the time we were down there, but we went mainly to enjoy the serenity of the farm and the quiet of the country, so everything worked out fine. We did go over to the beach at Nags Head, where the ever-prepared Mrs. Paco was ready for the rain.
The great thing about a rainy day in the off season is that the beach was empty…
…except for these guys.
The only real disappointment I experienced was in finding a genuine shortage of ammunition. We stopped off at Green Top, one of the largest sporting goods and gun stores in Richmond, and, while I was able to pick up some .30/.30 ammo for my lever-action rifles, handgun ammunition wasn't to be had for love nor money. Not only were they out of .44 magnums, they were even out of .38 special ammo. This is one industry which Obama really has managed to stimulate.
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Nice little ranch Ma Paco has, Paco! Ah, the beach!
Ammo....man, tell me about the shortage! I've been trying to buy primers for a while now. Obama certainly earned THIS title!
And here's a bonus photo!
Not Rule 5. Not by any stretch of the imagination!!!
Still some .38 special here...
And some .45 acp...
And some .30 carbineand some .30-30...
That there egwana come with a tired Stetson and a red and white check bandana? Walks with a limp(too much rodeo) and answers to "Fred"?
Some long bridges there Paco.
Which one is the longest and do you know how many people they actually serve?
Cheers
Marco
It hardly seems like you were away.
Widener's has some in stock, too.
(And sorry about not leaving you any port, old bean, but once wronwright started on his stories the punjab again...)
Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip. Too bad about the ammo shortage, though Richard's leads look useful. I don't what Virginia law is on mail order ammo but Maryland won't even let me buy a marshmallow gun from Amazon so I'm not optimistic about the ammo.
Was the book hunting productive?
If you look in your sock drawer you'll find a bottle of The Macallan Fine Oak 15 year, and tell Mrs. Paco those lumps under the towels in the linen closet are a couple of boxes of .38 special, thank you gifts for a fine party. If we'd left them out in plain sight they'd have disappeared out the door with some of the 'guests'.
Retread
Great pics, thanks, Paco. I'll try to post a couple from the retreat weekend later, when I update the sites.
Welcome home to both you and the Mrs.
Um... lissen... Paco old chum... iguana's ain't what you call drinkers per se.
You might want to get Mrs. Paco a new turkey baster. No reason.
TW: deldled: a drunken iguana trying to remove an embarrassing post.
Welcome home! Anytime I see seagulls, I have an overwhelming urge to run at them and catch one. I think it's my attempt to relive my chlidhood days in SoCal.
Crawls out from behind couchHuh?... Where'd everybody go? Is the party over?
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