Sneeds Ferry, NC

spareparts · #1 11-04-2013, 06:59 PM

I went to my family's place in Sneeds Ferry thei past weekend, its been year since I've been there. My family hasn't used it much since my mother's failing heath. Since her passing, my father intends to start using it more. I met my father, my sister and a friend of hers at teh house to do a general clean up and inventory of the place. It brought back a bunch of memories.

from the road

back side of the house

view down the canal

under the oaks

My father bought the lot in '58(I think), he borrowed money on his Chevy station wagon to buy it. Later on(64?), he bought the house for $800, and it took $200 to have it moved and set up. It was an old Fort Davis Military house. Its survived at least 5 hurricanes, numerous storms and floods. I spent the majority of my childhood every weekend at this place. Swimming, boating, sailing, kayaking, fishing, clamming, shrimping,...etc. I realized its been at least 6 years since I was there, and its been since 96 that I was there with my family. I've got to start going back there and enjoying it. Its about four hours from Charleston. I took a trailer up there and put his well boat on it, We discovered the floor was gone in it so I brought it back to have it repaired
(Space for picture later)

On the way back, Kendall and I stopped by the USS North Carolina and did the tour. One of my favorite places to go when I was a kid. Kendall took a little while before she started liking it, but grew to enjoy the ship

Destroyer · #2 11-04-2013, 09:33 PM

Awesome Spare, just awesome. (Both house and BB). Thanks for the pics...

willy · #3 11-04-2013, 10:08 PM

That is fantastic my Friend, great shots. Great family history there with the current generation stealing the show

randlemanboater · #4 11-04-2013, 11:14 PM

That's a great place your Dad has...time to make more memories.

I really enjoy the battleship, its been several years since I was there but always have a great time climbing through it. This time of year the mosquitos aren't as bad as in the summer (maybe?).

I think it looks great in its camo paint.

Pipe_Dream · #5 11-05-2013, 01:56 PM

Great pics, Spare.

What a nice retreat to be able to go to!

Destroyer · #6 11-05-2013, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by randlemanboater

That's a great place your Dad has...time to make more memories.

I really enjoy the battleship, its been several years since I was there but always have a great time climbing through it. This time of year the mosquitos aren't as bad as in the summer (maybe?).

I think it looks great in its camo paint.

If you're ever in this neck of the woods, the USS New Jersey is berthed in Camden, NJ and the USS Massachusetts is in Battleship Cove, Mass. Both just as awe inspiring.

On a sad note, the USS Forrestal... the first Navy carrier built from scratch with an angled deck, was sold for scrap for a penny last week. She sat for several years up in Newport, RI while the Navy tried to find some group to make her into a museum, but to no avail. We operated with her in the Med several times. What a beautiful ship she was.

RidgeRunner · #7 11-06-2013, 10:00 AM

Excellent job dad..

spareparts · #8 11-06-2013, 11:35 AM

Detroyer, we've got the Yorktown, Laffey, Calamagor, and parts of the Lewis and Clark at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant. My daughter likes going to see the Hunley in N Charleston the most. She's turning into quite the history buff.

rb437 · #9 11-06-2013, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Destroyer

If you're ever in this neck of the woods, the USS New Jersey is berthed in Camden, NJ and the USS Massachusetts is in Battleship Cove, Mass. Both just as awe inspiring.

On a sad note, the USS Forrestal... the first Navy carrier built from scratch with an angled deck, was sold for scrap for a penny last week. She sat for several years up in Newport, RI while the Navy tried to find some group to make her into a museum, but to no avail. We operated with her in the Med several times. What a beautiful ship she was.

Destroyer,

I was really hoping that the group here in Maryland was going to get her for a museum in Baltimore. I served on her from 9/77 to 1/79. Got on board just before the home port change to Mayport and made the '78 Med cruise. When did you serve?

Destroyer · #10 11-07-2013, 03:27 AM

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Originally Posted by spareparts

Destroyer, we've got the Yorktown, Laffey, Calamagor, and parts of the Lewis and Clark at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant. My daughter likes going to see the Hunley in N Charleston the most. She's turning into quite the history buff.

My niece graduated from The Citadel, and when we went there for her graduation we also did some sightseeing. One of the items on my list was the Hunley. Truly a magnificent testament to the courage of the officers and crews that proved that she could work, and in the process gave birth to the modern submarine.

Since your daughter is turning into quite the history buff you really need to get up to Battleship cove in Mass. Not only is the Iowa class battleship USS Massachusetts BB-59 berthed there as a museum, but the USS Kennedy (A Fletcher class WWII Destroyer that went thru FRAM [Fleet Rehabilitation And Modernization]) A WWII Submarine, A fully restored PT boat, the bow of a boat whose name I forget, and a ton of other things. Really an interesting site.

And, relatively speaking, it's not all that far from there to where MJ lives... so she could see a really old antique also.