Month: December 2017
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Kinston to New Bern NC, and back, Nov. 11-12, 2017
My wife Tootie’s sister Kathryn had been given a gift certificate to the restaurant Chef and the Farmer, one hundred twenty miles east of Chapel Hill, in Kinston. The three of us drove over there, ate a grand meal at the restaurant, and stayed one night at the Mother Earth Motor Lodge. We enjoyed it […]
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One hour bike ride in Inman Park, Atlanta GA Dec. 5, 2017
Driving the rental car back from Florida to North Carolina, I stayed overnight in Atlanta and had the opportunity to bicycle a little around. On I-85 I stopped at the Welcome to Alabama rest area. This is an impressive piece of modernism for what is essentially a bathroom facility. I found this plaque weird […]
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Northwestern Florida Beaches, Dec. 2 – 5, 2017
The Gulf Coast beaches of northwest Florida and Alabama are the prettiest beaches in America. The sand is blindingly white, the water crystal clear. Amazing. The human built environment here is more variable. While some areas are quite nice, a lot of the development is astonishingly ugly. This is a completely different […]