Searching For a Former Clarity.

Wilmington, NC...where do i start? Well refer to previous blog about North Carolina and it will help you.

We (Mark, Jamie and I) hired a car and took a 3 hour drive from Charlotte to the coastal town for the day. Straight down route 74 east, our sat nav didnt have much to do until we got there. To describe the place, i would say its full of water, creeks, murky rivers, green trees, colonial buildings and coffee shops. My expectations were high and they were met. It's much smaller than i thought and it is not hard to find a Dawson's Creek or One Tree Hill set/location they have filmed. Two minutes after we parked i found the Rivercourt, famous for the earlier days of OTH where the Scott brothers used to battle it out on the courts. The second scene i managed to find was the last episode of season six where Peyton and Lucas drive off into the town and the camera pans out from across the rivertcourt. I could envision them on the last day of filming, where the car was placed, the weather, the production. I saw it all in my head but i was actually there breathing and seeing it. So yeah we took a boat to the rivert court, explored a bit, took photos of the huge war battleship that is also there. We walked around downtown, i found Clothes over Bro's store and CD alley from OTH and Hells Kitchen from Dawson's Creek.

Later we set the sat nav up and went to Airlie gardens, google it, it's a beautiful place. This is the pivital location for "the ruins" in Dawson's Creek and i remember a scene between Peyton, Lucas, Haley and Nathan from OTH possibly after graduation (?) there too. By this time it was sunny and i took lots of photos of the trees, creeks and wildlife cos it was a must. Seriously my mum would have loved the gardens, someday we'll go back. We hopped back in the car and drove to Lucas and Peyton's house, because...? Because i'm a bloody loser hardcore fan and wanted to see what the area was like. Much small house than i expected, but was in a nice little green neighbourhood. We went back to Hells Kitchen to eat and ended our day here. Ate some grub and i was content with life.

It's the kind of little town wish i grew up in. I wonder how the hollywood stars cope with living in such a beautiful little area?

Hannah xoxo