Journey Through North Carolina – Part 23
Hello and welcome to part 23 of our journey through North Carolina. As we continued to explore the beautiful regions around Claremont NC. we noticed a sign for Murray’s Mill Historic Site not far up the road. As par for the course the roads were narrow but we continued enjoying all the glorious scenery along […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 22
Hello and welcome to part 22 of our journey through North Carolina. While driving around Claremont, NC we became aware the state of NC was home to two covered bridges, one of which was right here in Claremont and the other was further west in Mt. Pisgah. Well, you know from our Pennsylvania road trip […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 21
Hello and welcome to part 21 of our road trip through North Carolina. From here we traveled the areas back roads to explore Lake Norman State Park which is the largest manmade lake in North Carolina. It was incredible to think that this lake, like so many others across the U.S., was a result of […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 20
Hello and welcome to part 20 of our road trip through North Carolina. Our travels today focused on the Cooleemee, NC area where we learned about a great hiking area and set of rapids called the Bull Hole River Park. Because of the rains in the area the Yadkin river was flowing heavily yielding how […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 19
Hello and welcome to part 19 of our journey through North Carolina. Today’s travels took us through Concord, NC where we enjoyed watching some anglers fishing in the churning waters at the Oxford Hydro Station. It became obvious this was a good fishing spot as one of the fishermen held up a trophy catch displaying […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 18
Hello and welcome to part 18 of our journey through North Carolina. As you travel the roadways of this great country one never knows what you will encounter including where you might be spending the night. Some of these times one can’t be choosy. Well this is it for today. We hope you come back […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 17
Hello and welcome to part 17 of our journey through North Carolina. As we were talking with the folks at Carolina Coach and Marine one of the representatives suggested if we were hungry to try the Claremont Café just up the road. She noted that it was nothing pretty to look at but the food […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 16
Hello and welcome to part 16 of our journey through North Carolina. As we ventured off the Blue Ridge Parkway, we wondered if there was a Roadtrek dealer anywhere near by that could look at our macerator pump which died at our last campground. For those of you wondering what a macerator pump is, well, […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 15
Hello and welcome to part 15 of our journey through North Carolina. As we continued along the Blue Ridge Parkway climbing higher the cloud cover got so thick it was difficult seeing what was in front of us. I guess this happens when you mix rain, warm temperatures and an elevation of 6000-feet plus above […]
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Journey Through North Carolina – Part 14
Hello and welcome to part 14 of our journey through North Carolina. As we traveled along the Blue Ridge Parkway we had opportunity to pull over and watch a huge storm passing in the distance. It was so beautiful sitting there seeing how dramatic nature can be. (To view the video, click in the image […]
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