Latest stop is the Thousand Trails Preserve in Advance, North Carolina. For the geographically challenged (especially me), Advance is between Winston-Salem and Mount Airy. Mount Airy is the town on which the old Andy Griffith Shows were based on. Floyd's Barber Shop is still there along with the Snappy Lunch. We saw Andy's police cruiser around town. And Opie now has a Candy Store.
We've been staying busy with sightseeing and I just haven't managed to get the blog updated. We also had some major problems with our Hughes Net set up. I'm really proud of John. He finally got the troubleshooting done and got us back on the air.
Forest Lake is one of the nicest Thousand Trails we have been to. Large adult and family lodges, separate swimming pools, good food service along with a well stocked country store. The sites are a bit of a challenge for the longer rigs since there isn't a flat piece of land in this whole area.
TT presented a terrific concert tonight. Shamrocks in the Wind is a delightful duo entertaining with "Authentic Celtic Ballads." I will definitely be looking out for more opportunities to see and hear them. I checked their schedule and we should meet up in Orlando a couple times in January/February. Real Irish Drinking Songs mixed with American Folk Music. If you ever get an opportunity to catch their show, DO IT!
Monday will take us away from North Carolina on our way to Cincinnati. I think Dave and Jessica have plans including taking mom to her first major league baseball game. We'll be there through Labor Day before heading south.
It's been a lot of fun up this eastern part of the country but it has really been hot and humid. I miss the Pacific Northwest in the summer. What with diesel prices so high, we elected not to make the cross country run this year.
We found the farmer's market here and I bought a big basket of peaches. The car and the motor home had a wonderful smell for a few days. We're about to the end of them and I'm not ready. May have to get some more before we leave. Didn't do as well with the watermelon we bought. It was overripe and starting to get a bit mushy. It's so hard for us to pick them. I remember my dad buying watermelons. The market would always "plug" them before we selected the one. It made it a little easier to know how good it is before you pay and get your mouth all set....
Ya'll have fun in August before school picks up again.
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