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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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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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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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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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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Hello and welcome to part 13 of our journey through North Carolina. While walking around the Down by the River campground in a light rain, we started talking with a guy that was washing his camper as it rained. He said it was perfect weather for washing the bugs off and letting nature rinse it […]
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(To view the video, click in the image above.) Hello and welcome to part 7 of our journey to North Carolina. There was so much to discover along the Blue Ridge Parkway. One place was historic Brinegar Cabin in Traphill, NC. This tiny little cabin, roughly 300 square feet in size, was home to a […]
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(To view the video, click in the image above.) Welcome back everyone to part 5 of our journey through North Carolina. As we traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway one of our stops included Otter Lake which was so serene with its little waterfall beckoning us to stay. Well this is it for today but we […]
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Hello and welcome back everyone. Today we wanted to share a video that features the many folks behind the scenes of the Rochester Maplewood Rose Festival that make it happen. One of the main individuals is Paul who for the past 30 years has been the horticulturist working year-round to make the gardens ready to […]
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Hello and welcome back to Rochester, NY our back yard. A couple days ago we shared some photos from our day at the Fairport Canal Days Festival. Today we thought you might like to see a video of that afternoon. We hope you have enjoyed this moment in time and hope to see you back […]
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