First "Overseas" Voyage

Communing with unique (but land locked) architecture


Frank finished the teardrop kitchen just last week and I picked it up and headed for the Outer Banks. After too many days working on the family beach house, I headed for Ocracoke for an overnight trip. I headed out late and caught the ferry after dark. Just after taking this photo I stopped for gas and had my first experience with people taking pictures of the teardrop. I could not get out of the gas station for people running up taking shots. ( Now I know what Britney Spears feels like. HA!) This would happen again in Ocracoke. I made myself comfortable on the ferry ride, reading the NY Times and experiencing the rocking of the ferry from inside the teardrop. I thought "so this is what it would feel like if it were a sail boat."



I rolled into Teeter's Campground late Friday night and paid the already partying owner for a spot. He was nice enough to give a discount for my "thimble" camper ( his term) After sleeping high and dry through a big 3AM thunder storm, I fixed the first meal on the stove; coffee and oatmeal. I met several nice folks, including John,a steel worker from Baltimore. John summed up his reason for traveling; "You only live once....What's important is getting out and meeting people like this....... when you're gone even your immediate family will forget the details of your life." Good food for thought.



After doing some art business on the island, I pulled over by the Ocracoke docks to look at a map and was surrounded by tourists taking pictures. After giving several ten cent tours, and giving my NY Times newspapers to a news starved couple from Brooklyn, I made it onto the Swans Quarter Ferry. What is missing from the picture on the ferry are the half dozen people I talked to, some at great length.

I have decided I need to make a postcard of the drop to give away, with Frank's picture, a short history on teardrops, links to buying one and a link to this blog. I also need a little booklet on my art because once I tell folks that I am an artist it takes awhile to explain the kind of art I make. A picture book of my art would help.

I really deeply appreciate the experiences I am having with this camper. It's uniqueness and beauty really brings joy to people. I think that it is also a "new" concept for affordable travel for people living under the cloud of the recession.





Backing out from the Ocracoke Docks and heading for Swans Quarter,NC.