A road trip for our anniversary

 It's our anniversary today!  Galen and I have been married for 43 years!  Yep, 43 years!  Hard to believe!    
We thought a road trip might be nice and we could take Otis with us.  Our destination:  Black Mountain

We started out early Tuesday morning and headed west driving toward the mountains on route 64.  

We passed through some wonderful little towns~ Asheboro, Lexington, Mocksville, Taylorsville, Lenoir, Statesville, and Morganton.  Tree lined streets and great little shops.  

We ate a picnic lunch under a pavilion in a church yard.  

Otis almost had my sandwich!  

Silly dog.  

 The second day we travelled through Forest City, Rutherfordton, Lake Lure, Chimney Rock, Bat Cave, and finally to Black Mountain.

 

Unique flower bed!  

Winding roads.  

At the end of each day Otis was exhausted!

 This mountain range above is called Seven Sisters (at Black Mountain). 

 The town of Black Mountain ~  

Great shops, and restaurants that are "dog friendly"!  

We enjoyed sight seeing, nice walks, shopping, museums, and good food.  It was a great way to celebrate our anniversary!  

'till next time, 

Coastal beauties

Galen and I took a day trip on Saturday and drove to the coast. North Carolina has some beautiful coastal towns. We headed east toward Plymouth, then Belhaven, and then to Edenton.


One of my most favorite things to do is meander through the towns and look at all the houses.






These are some of the beauties that we saw.

Historic Edenton just happened to have a street festival going on down by the waterfront when we got there.

We toured The Cupola House and Gardens.

Two arial photos from the cupola.

We had lunch at a coffee shop on Broad Street.

Being near the water just makes me happy ~ I love the coast.

Even though it was 98 degrees that day, hot and humid, it was still enjoyable.

I feel fortunate that we live close enough to the coast and close enough to the mountains that we can visit both.

Little Washington

A spur of the moment day trip

Did you every wake up on a weekend and decide it's a beautiful day for a road trip and just hop in the car and go?

We do that often, and since it was a gorgeous fall day we thought we'd head for the coast and visit a small town called Washington, NC, often referred to as "Little Washington" down here.

It's a small town by the water with lots of boating, and a quaint downtown with beautiful homes and cottages.



We enjoyed the walk by the water...

the breeze and sunshine felt heavenly and I love the sound of the sea gulls.

Here are some of the homes and cottages.

Around town you could see these painted crabs. It must have been some type of art project for the town.

Very whimisical.

Unique shops.

Road marker: Home of motion picture producer Cecil B. DeMille and his father Henry.

A beautiful church and old cemetery.

The old train station.

And lastly, an ice cream cone for the way home. Chocolate for me, please!