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Monday May 30 - Charlotte Morning entry: Happy Memorial Day to all. I've been up since about 8 Eastern Time repacking and putting stuff in my truck. I'll try and have only my suitcase and ice chest to load up tomorrow. I'm planning on heading North to Danville, Virginia tomorrow. It is about 150 miles from Charlotte. Danville was where the Confederacy set up a temporary capital after abandoning Richmond. I'll probably get there tomorrow and check it out and the next day go to Appomattox Court House and then to Richmond where hopefully there is room at the Intown Suites. If I can get a room at Intown Suites I will rent it for the week. If not then I'll have to adjust to the greater expense of staying elsewhere, or maybe camp some to ... read more


Charlotte May 24 - May 29 Friday May 27 Charlotte I arrived here on Tuesday and here it is Friday!!? How did that happen. I feel like I just got here last night. It has been a busy week. Tuesday I visited with my relatives and just settled in. I was pretty tired from a very full day. I hadn't realized it but I had driven 236 miles from Smokey Mountains National Park to Charlotte. And a good portion of that was on some of the most wearing on man and machine kind of road I have ever driven on. Heaven to bikers and sports car drivers but hard on 3/4 ton trucks. Wednesday was wash day.....nuff said. On Thursday I took a stab at exploring downtown Charlotte. It was interesting but there was some kind ... read more


Tuesday May 24 Great Smokey Mountains National Park to Charlotte Morning: In Cherokee, North Carolina at the McDonalds. Will head East in a little bit to Asheville. NC. Will tour the Biltmore House there if I can manage to swallow the $50 admission charge. Looks to be a decent day. AOL weather says it will only be 83 degrees there today so hope that holds up. Ashville - Had started driving the Blue Ridge Parkway out of the park towards Ashville and then said heck with it and cut across to Hwy 19 and took it into Ashville. Went to visit the Biltmore house there and although I had my doubts of whether it was worth $50 to see I decided I would check it out. When I got there it was $60 to visit the ... read more
Lake Lure
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Finally arriving in Charlotte


The South, as a whole, worships the past. Historic sites, historic houses, and historic reenactments are everywhere. Most of these have a curious feature: They remember events either before 1865 or after 1940. There is a reason for this. The years in between were very painful; a seemingly unending stream of economic misery, political corruption, and social repression. The region was first run as a virtual colony of the northern states, and then as the fiefdom of a conservative elite (many former Confederate officials). This willing blindness is very unfortunate, because the events of those days have had long after effects, many of which are still felt. The Museum of the New ... read more
Poll Tax Receipts
Seperate and unequal
Cotton Loom


Today is my first day in Charlotte, North Carolina. Civic boosters call it the Queen City, since it was named for a queen of England. Almost everyone else in North Carolina, including those who live there, call it Banktown. The name is appropriate, since the city core is dominated by business-minded types in dark suits. The whole area feels like an anomalous part of the Northeast stuck in southern North Carolina. Charlotte, in fact, is the center of consumer banking in the US; they are attracted by the state’s notoriously lax (supporters call them "flexible") banking laws. It was Charlotte banks, after all, who first came up with the type of “url=http://abcnews.go.co... read more
Welcome to Banktown
Inside the skull
The Green sculpture

North America » United States » North Carolina » Charlotte February 1st 2011

Last week I was able to go for a short visit to North Carolina. What fun!! Maggie is growing up so much and it was fun to interact with her. One morning she got up and looked out the window and said "Mr. Sun! It's your turn." She's so grown up and as Jason left for work one day she yelled "Make sure you have a healthy breakfast." Here are a few pictures and videos to share. Sara and I were also able to do some furniture shopping as I need some new things to fill empty spaces in the new house. It's an overwhelming task and it will probably surprise us all what we end up with. Here are some of the things I liked.... read more
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North America » United States » North Carolina » Charlotte December 4th 2010

After exterminating our pesky reptilian rivals in a thrilling 31-7 victory at Doak Campbell stadium, the Seminole nation watched the Maryland Terrapins defeat the Tarheels of UNC, securing a place for Florida State in the ACC Championship. Though there was much excitement, this meant that the Marching Chiefs would be making the most condensed trip in Chiefs history to and from Charlotte, NC. After playing in the Prism concert on 12/3, all 9 buses departed the College of Music at 11pm to travel through the night to Charlotte. Upon our arrival, we checked into a hotel for 5 hours, then were whisked off to the game. Though it was indeed an exciting environment, the relentless freezing rain and lack of sleep proved to be too much for Chiefs to handle. The team's loss also meant that ... read more
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We made a three day stop to visit the North Carolina DeVoes in Lake Norman in the Charlotte area. Lake Norman is lovely and our weather was great. We parked in Ray & Cindy’s driveway driveway for a few days. C&R and family are great hosts. Ray, Jr. made a wonderful welcoming dinner - Chicken Parm! C& R Took us to our first Trader Joe's in downtown Charlotte on our way to Elise's XC Meet. I can see why these no frills, compact Trader Joe's stores have caught on. Next day, C&R took us to scrounge for great suff at a wonderful old factory mill, which is now a 400 plus vendor antique center in Cornelius. We followed up with Asian fusion at Eez in a charming “life-style community” aka an updated version of an old ... read more
Wes & the Samuri at the Antique Mill
Joanne & Cindy - Lunch at North Harbor
Ray & Wes at the Marina for Lunch


So we left Tampa on Friday the 30th... And began our 10 hour drive up to Charlotte, North Carolina. We experienced many an adventure along the way, beginning with a couple of rocks caught under the tyre from Bill's car in front of us cracking the windscreen of the Jeep just 30 minutes into the trip, which consequently began to grow as we gained speed and drove over the occasional bump in the road. The arrival in Charlotte met us with Frances' sister Stacey, and her husband David. Both lovely and so welcoming, and have put a meal on the table for us every night. Their son John David also made an appearance, with his lovely girlfriend Audrey who is the same height as maeghan =P their other son Tucker is currently in China so ... read more
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We arrived in North Carolina on Monday. Maggie was waiting for us at the airport. Jason and Sara had some project ready for Dad and they got started right away. They put tile on the splash board in the kitchen and then Dad decided to paint the garage. They did such a good job that they decided to paint the bedroom too. Sara and I did some shopping for accessories. It looks great!! We found out that Maggie likes Chic-fil-a and ice cream. We also had an opportunity to visit the Michael Waltrip Racing facility. The entire facility is open to view so we watched over 200 workers at this facility putting together race cars. ... read more
Maggie Loves her Dinner
Shopping at Lowes
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