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Lexington BBQ at Smiley’s

North Carolina prides itself in many things, among them BBQ. There is a famous BBQ festival in Lexington, NC every October. So today we decided to take a little drive down there since it is only about 30 miles away. We had chosen a specific restaurant, but when we arrived, it was closed (on Sundays.) [...]

Our first Wake Forest Deamon Deacons game!

Big fun! One of the cool things about living in NC is the chance to see some great basketball! UNC in Chapel Hill and Duke in Durham are about an hour away, and our home team here in Winston-Salem, Wake Forest, is about 10 minutes from our house! This is our first game, and many [...]

Sunday Scenery

It’s Sunday Scenery time again, courtesy of my friend Lee at Tarheel Ramblings.  This time I’ll pay tribute to North Carolina golf, and of course to Princess Gail!

writing exercise for Kanani

I am participating in a writing exercise today, something like a meme. It is directed by my good friend and Easy Writer Kanani Fong. Here are the rules:

A Writing Exercise. The Long Sentence
You’re going to write for a total of ten minutes straight. No breaks. You’ll write one long sentence, not stopping for punctuation. Do not [...]

Dixie Classic Fair

It’s the 127th annual Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem, North Carolina!  Let’s see, that means the first one was in 1882!!!  We had to go, because we’re Winston newbies and have to check out all these things for ourselves.  I’m not much of a fair-goer, but as far as these things go, it was the [...]

one more off the bucket list

About 15 years ago while in LA, I got intoxicated.  Actually, it happened over and over again, each time I went in or out of the hotel where we were staying.  I didn’t recognize the plant that was having this effect on my olfactory sense because I had never seen one in Toledo.  I asked, [...]

Sunday Scenery

Lee at Tarheel Ramblings organizes this meme. Visit his place for a look at some awesome photos! Here’s my contribution. I took this a few days ago at Linville Falls, in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.

Blue Ridge Parkway & Gateway Mountain

It is really fun getting to know our new state!  We’ve just returned from a little trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway from Fancy Gap, VA to Linville Falls, NC.  And after that, we spent two days at a place on Gateway Mountain in Old Fort, NC, which is close to Black Mountain, which is [...]

Close to Heaven

We are spending a very peaceful afternoon at the top of a mountain in western North Carolina. It is so very peaceful here! I hear the sounds of insects and the occasional road sounds from very far below. It is still quite warm , and today with very little breeze, so it is a great [...]

Pilot Mountain State Park

We tried out our new hiking boots today! Princess Gail looked great in hers, no big surprise. We trekked all over Pilot Mountain State Park, on a beautiful North Carolina day!

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