Wishing She Could Stay Longer

I got a call from Jeannie W. She and her girlfriends came down the day Hanna passed through for a 3 day getaway.

"We are having the best time" she said. "After Hanna passed through, the sun came out and it was beautiful."

"Can we stay a few more days?"

I understood just where she was coming from. The fall getaways with friends are great. The weather is very nice year round because of the Gulf Stream which warms Topsail with water coming up from the Caribbean. In fact, it's not unusual to be able to lay out in the sun until the first or second week of November and even later than then, the days are warm enough to walk on the beach, play golf, or go bike riding.

Unfortunately we were booked for all of September and most of October. I had to turn her down for a longer stay because somebody was coming in Tuesday afternoon just after she left in the morning.

Jeannie took it in stride. After conferring with her girlfriends, she said: "Well, we want to reserve for next year right now...for a whole week!"

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