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South Florida, Jan 22-25, 2018
Despite the fact that I try to travel as much as possible, I actually hate to fly. Turbulence weirds me out. Nevertheless $ 127.00 round trip Raleigh/Durham to Fort Lauderdale was too good a deal to pass up. And it was nonstop, only about two hours on Southwest Airlines. My friend Lyman…
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Charleston SC and its suburbs Jan 9-10, 2018
Charleston is a fascinating city. It has a big imprint of very old buildings; it was one of the very few relatively large cities in the South prior to 1860. (In the 1860 census, New Orleans, Charleston, and Richmond were the only Southern cities in the top 25 by population in the United States.)…
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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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