I will Pine for you...

I decided to Ignore that on-line review I read on the Sheraton Atlantic Beach

regarding their room service... The reviewer whined about the Cost and skimpy

portions... Well, since our entire stay was Complimentary and the Director of

Marketing WAAAAAY upgraded our room from the basic accommodation outlined

in the Prize letter, I thought the Very least we could do, besides tip everyone huge

and rack up the daily Internet fee, was order room service too. So, I threw Caution

to the wind before bed last night over Portion size and filled out the little Room service

request form and hung it on the door Knob so that our Anniversary breakfast would

be brought to us... between eight and eight-fifteen, please. And, not only was the

Breakfast delivered promptly at 8:08AM, it was SO not skimpy at all... All this for only

$11.00, per Person. There was so much Left over that I threw it all into a plastic bag and

brought it home for the Raccoon to eat tonight. Oh, and those pesky daily Wireless

internet fees some of the other On-line reviewers complained about?

WAIVED upon check-out, thank you Very much!

After breakfast, a last long look Off the bedroom balcony...

If you click on this Photo to enlarge it you'll see a piece of bread in

the middle of my shot, about Center. Last night after dinner we

stopped at a Grocery store for a loaf of bread to feed the Sea gulls...

We better go before I get too Used to this view!

Even in winter, the Best place to be is at the Coast!

Good-bye old friend... I will Pine for you each day we are apart!

I used the empty bread bag to Collect clam shells...

this beach was Littered with them!

Ahhh...

I could stand in this Spot all day - but if I did,

who would Go to work for me tomorrow?

Yes, I'm still standing here...

just Look at that Sky!

A quick Look at the Indoor pool and spa on my way Out...

one last look at the Lobby. I'm a little closer to the Door now than I was before

Know what those red and Yellow things are? They're called Crab pots!

And those... down there, those are Crab Pot Christmas Trees!

We First saw them last night during our Tour of the decorated Historic homes

of Beaufort. Almost every Garden we toured had one; and all Lit up, they look like the most

beautiful Outdoor trees, ever! So after our tour we decided to hunt them down; however, not

knowing exactly what they were, we struck out at all the usual places you would expect to find

outdoor Christmas decorations. But... this Morning, as we were leaving Morehead City, we

passed a Seafood vendor along the side of the road that had one so we Stopped to ask about it

and he said they're called Crab Pot Trees... And, he was selling them! But, he only had the 6'

size left. Of course, we bought his 6' and then drove over to Panera Bread so I could log on to

Google, Crab Pot Trees, hoping to find out where we might find more on a Sunday morning...

But, not only did I find them and a place nearby that Sold them, (that was open on Sunday)

they were right there at the Ace Hardware store in Atlantic Beach, just 2 miles from our Sheraton!

Yup, we ended up driving all the way back to the Hotel to get them - ACE was out of the 4' size

but we were able to get that size from another place we found selling Crab Pot trees in Kinston,

NC. That one was WAY more expensive than the ones we found in Atlantic Beach and Morehead City,

but we were also getting further away from the Coast, so it made sense. So if you're in the Neighborhood

between now and New Year's you'll get to see four Crab Pot Christmas trees added to our decorations!

Crab Pot Trees... Who knew?