Blogs from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, North America

The drive from Lynchburg to Falls Lake State Recreation Area, Holly Point Campground, provided beautiful fall foliage. We dialed it back and rested for a couple days, shopped and did laundry. The State Farmer’s Market provided some tasty vegetables and apples. We did a car tour of Duke University and rode the rigorous golf course bike trail and some of the meandering American Tobacco bike trail. In a visit to Wake Forest, we toured the city Historical Museum, drove by the original Duke University campus (now a Baptist seminary) and visited Brad, Andrea and their kids.... read more

This morning I woke to my alarm and it felt odd to wake up not near my K2C friends. We had breakfast—including banana walnut muffins!?—had our route meeting about the AH cause in Raleigh, loaded up the vans, I grabbed the stuff for the fundraiser tonight from the trailer, and hit the road. I helped Safety Nav Ryan as Jess got us pumped up with some awesome jams! It felt good to show up to the build site fired up and ready to work! The day promised to be a hot one so everyone applied their sunscreen as we signed in and heard about Wake County Habitat. It’s one of the largest and has grown even larger in the last 5 years. They build more homes than any of the other H4H we’ve encountered and they ... read more

/April 1, 2018Weather: 60s and sunny to 77 and sunnyStates: South Carolina to North CarolinaCity: Folly Beach to Raleigh... read more

Several places around Raleigh, North Carolina Sometimes things just don't go right and you have to just give up and say 'UNCLE!' We hitched up, said our goodbyes, and headed out yesterday morning. I was worried some about the brake problem on the right rear wheel of the trailer. But based on what I was being told, and what I wanted to believe, I had a rather benign explanation: it was brake dust and the thing needed some adjustment, but it wasn't a serious problem. And the fact that we were able to pull forward without any notable resistance said that maybe we didn't have a problem. So we proceeded assuming that we were good for a day's drive to our next destination. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. We headed over to the Raleigh State Fairgrounds ... read more

I made it farther then I did this weekend, but I've only gone as far as the airport. Raleigh Durham airport had a computer failure. Yes computer failure impacting all of terminal 2. I was at airport my designated 2.5 hours early and waited and waited and waited some more. And at about 11am, 1.5 hours after my flight was to take off), I was told to call Delta as I would not be getting on flight and subsequent connections. I'm now on another flight leaving tomorrow (for those of you keeping count this is my THIRD reschedule flight, FIRST trip to airport). I'd tell you to cross your fingers for me, but maybe that is not helping me any!! So I'll try again tomorrow and until then go to the movies for a double header. ... read more