Mattes's Musings by KC2GIK

  It has been a whirlwind few weeks. One  father's friends from high school passed away earlier and we made an expected trip down to Murrells Inlet for the celebration of life. They have kept in touch over the years. Charlie moved around a lot during his eighty plus year his roots remained n Allendale, NJ! He and his wife Bev were a fixture a t DeeDee and Anth ony's Fourth of July Parties. I   know their kids,John and Annie.Charlie also had to sons from a previous marriage and it was recently discovered he has another daughter. Charlie was the CEO of several companies, like Floor Shine shoes and Munsingwear, a golf clothing company.  The family moved around a lot from  Allendale,NJ to  Connecticut to Minnesota before finally  settling in Murrells Inlet SC, founding the Dead Dog Saloon, a fixture on the Murrells Inlet Marshwalk, he later built the Claw House next door. Ironically Charlie and Bev brought a second house in Cape May which meant I spen...

90% of the time we go down to Murrells Inlet, we travel by car. That means taking first the Cape May-Lewes Ferry across the Delaware Bay. As we were approaching Lewes, I quickly noticed old blue "Welcome to Lewes, Delaware" was replaced by this new white sign with the ferry logo on the  upper right hand corner. I knew this was my only chance until December to shoot it.. My dad likes to be one of the first cars on and off the ferry, so this was an added bonus!! It's one of the advantages of being in the shotgun seat!!!!!