{"id":659,"date":"2009-08-23T20:10:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T01:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2011-09-07T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T00:52:46","slug":"wilmington-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/travel\/wilmington-north-carolina","title":{"rendered":"Wilmington North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did I mention that it rained pretty much our entire vacation?  Well in case I didn&#8217;t, it rained.  HARD.  Every day almost due to a storm system that stalled over the coast of North Carolina for a few days.  We decided to head to downtown Wilmington for the day since there were semi-dry stuff that we could do and the things I wanted to do on Saturday I wanted to have dry weather for.  So off to downtown we went!!!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><br \/>\nOur first stop was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellamymansion.org\/\">Bellamy Mansion<\/a>, a gorgeous antebellum home that is featured in many ads for Wilmington, with good reason.  If you didn&#8217;t know from visits to my blogs, I have a bit of a fascination with old homes and estates.  Perhaps it&#8217;s because my childhood home (before moving to the one I&#8217;m in now that I&#8217;ve lived in most of the years since I was 6!) was a century home?  Who knows but I just LOVE old homes.  This house is grand and just stunning.  The tour was amazing and I highly recommend it to all.  They even let you up in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belvedere\">belvedere<\/a>, which is VERY rare &#8211; and a stunning view!  This is a super quick panoramic (and I mean quick, due to the pouring rain!) I took of the front.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><br \/>\nThe back of the mansion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><br \/>\nAn old wheelchair that was used in the home for the last member of the family to live in the home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><br \/>\nAs soon as I walked into the parlor I was drawn to this picture and then discovered that one of the daughters of the owner of the house painted this, what talent!!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><br \/>\nGotta love the visit to the latrine \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><br \/>\nAfter our trip to Bellamy, we went on a trolley tour of downtown since it was still raining.  Here is a house that I loved that&#8217;s historic &#8211; and complete with Crepe Myrtles.  I want them for my house but have a feeling they wouldn&#8217;t like Ohio winters!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><br \/>\nAnother historic home on the tour, I adored the unique look to this home with the massive columns!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" \/><br \/>\nYet another home I want to say is the Caroline Kennedy house??  I could be VERY wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/wnc-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"900\" \/><br \/>\nAs we were walking back to our car, we saw them breaking down the set for One Tree Hill which they were filming downtown that day.  There were a TON &#8211; and I mean a TON &#8211; of teenage girls running around downtown and we overheard that the stars were out and filming for some of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did I mention that it rained pretty much our entire vacation? Well in case I didn&#8217;t, it rained. HARD. Every day almost due to a storm system that stalled over the coast of North Carolina for a few days. 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