While we are on the subject of NC, I found this video on Mount Airy, the boyhood home of Andy Griffith.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHSLvqZJJo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Location:Cary, NH
Archive for August 2012
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August 4, 2012BBQ
August 4, 2012Hi y’all,
We’ve had a fun day in sunny, hot North Carolina. We first went to the town of Apex. Paula and Jennifer did a little window shopping while John and I sat in the coffee shop and had a coffee.
Then we went to the Ole Time Barbecue for lunch. First up was a batch of hush puppies. Then we had some pulled pork, fried okra, collard greens, and mac’n’cheese. Very tasty.
Then we did a drive around the Capitol building. Then we went to the Museum of Natural History.
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Location:Cary, NC
Day 3
August 4, 2012We arrived yesterday afternoon at our destination in the lovely city of Cary, NC. We drove a total of 400 miles yesterday for a trip to date of 775 miles. The trip was uneventful except for heavy traffic going through Richmond,VA.
We will be in the NC area until Monday morning when we leave for New Orleans. We are the guests of John & Jennifer Fisher. John was one of my coworkers at HP working on storage arrays.
Here is the view out John’s back door.
We had an excellent home cooked dinner of chicken and noodles. Today we will do some touring.
Sunday we will go visit the Wedges. Later.
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Location:Cary, NC
Day 2
August 3, 2012Getting to hit the road again. Today we will be heading to Cary, NC. GPS says 320 miles. This is a bit less than yesterday. We should be off a little bit earlier than yesterday.
Free breakfast downstairs. then we get going.
We will be traveling through Baltimore, around DC, then VA, then NC.
Now for something silly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqnKBpf0s5o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Location:Newark, DE
End of day 1
August 2, 2012First day is done. We drove 355 miles today. We just pulled into Newark DE at a Days Inn. $59 per night, not fancy but will do. The AC is working and it has beds.
They have free wifi, but the download speed sucks, so I’ll use LTE.
We stopped for lunch in Vernon CT at Reins’ Deli. This is a great NY style deli that has been there for many years. First discovered it on a business trip with my good friend Tom Speake. Great food.
Took the Merritt Parkway through CT. Good news no trucks, bad news can’t go much faster than 50 mph.
When we got to NY, we only made one mistake getting on the GW bridge, then on to NJ Tpke. Heavy traffic through Newark. Eventually eased up.
Tomorrow we travel from DE to NC to visit the Fishers in Cary and the Wedges in Mebane.
This morning we dropped of the key to Janice. Folks at Chelms Peds asked when are you leaving? Answer: Now.
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Location:Newark DE
D day
August 2, 2012We will be leaving shortly. Stop for gas and then return house key to Janice at CPA. Then stop at Dunkin Donuts for last iced coffee.
Goal for today is to get to Wilmington DE. About 350 miles.
Here’s Willie Nelson video:
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Location:Chelmsford MA
One day to go
August 1, 2012One to go until we leave. We started planning this trip about two years ago. It always seemed like this day was so far in the future and now it’s here.
I m sitting in the hair salon waiting for Paula to get her hair done so I have plenty of time to blog even with getting my hair cut.
So today when we finish here we go to Brookline for doctor’s appt. then tonight I have lodge Past Masters’ dinner.
Last night we had dinner with Jim & Janice at Kimball’s in Westford. Tomorrow we head on down the road.
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Location:Chelmsford, MA
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