After getting back from Virginia on Tuesday, we had the day off on Wednesday (sort of…), but Thursday we hit the road again for Sam’s Megalodon tooth dive off the coast of Southport, NC. Sam went on this dive in August of 2021 and he had a great time. He even came back with about a 6″ Megalodon tooth and some other bones, see post: https://the-payne-chronicles.com/2021/09/18/megladon-hunting/. Since then, he has been trying to go again, but due to weather issues and a mix-up on scheduling he hasn’t been able to make the trip. So when we looked at the weather forecast on Wednesday, we were excited because there was no rain in sight and sunny weather for both Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately, Thursday proved to be quite windy with 15-20 mph sustained wind that made for some big waves on the beach and the feeling of being sand blasted if you were sitting on the beach. Then around 5pm, we got the text saying that the dive on Friday morning was cancelled – turns out there was a pretty big Low pressure system off the coast and a small craft advisory was issued. So we will try to reschedule this dive for the 4th time, sometime in late August or early September. More than likely, we may have to put this off until next year because they are usually booked out pretty far and August/September have the most weather issues. We did end up staying Thursday night as we had already checked into the hotel. Friday morning, we went back to the beach for a few hours and it was a beautiful day with a low tide, which also meant a lot of shells on the beach. Mom and Sam must have decided that we were running low on seashells in the house because they brought back several more bags of shells. 😂
Saturday and Sunday, we finished placing the stepping stones to the shed and planting some grass seed around the yard. Our first round of planting grass seed didn’t go well, so we tried a different brand and hopefully we will get a much better result. Meanwhile, Sam has been nurturing his elephant ear/hosta bed all spring and his hard work has paid off as he found his largest elephant ear leaf so far – measuring 29″ in length! The hostas are coming along well too, but they are hard to see underneath all the elephant ears.
Since it’s Father’s Day, we thought we would leave you with a couple of Dad jokes… What’s Blue and not very heavy? Light blue. Why was the Hulk so good at gardening? He has a green thumb. Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl going to the bathroom? The ‘P’ is silent. 😊
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