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

"Blowin' in the Wind" ----- that was us! We got up yesterday in Christianburg, Virginia to a few faint spots of white flakey snow....nothing to even think about except to note how much colder it had become. Crank up the furnaces and we were on our way - except Cory turned the wrong way out of the motel. The road was narrowing (bad sign with an RV) when fortunately a possible turn-around appeared. It was sharp, gravely and narrow but as good as we were going to find. It turned into a parking lot for a church. What a miracle. This is at least the 3rd or 4th time we have ended up needing a turn-around AND each time it has been at a church.....how appropriate: when in need, go to church! It has saved us ... read more

I'm still learning the ropes of this blog site so this is pretty much a test run. So we're on the first part of our little journey. We arrived in good ol' "historic" Hickory, NC on Friday evening after a nicely uneventful drive. We're feeling very relaxed. Here we're visiting my uncle Masood, my dad's youngest brother and his family. It's really beautiful and I've already thrown my sneakers on and started exploring the area. It's rainy and chilly but that doesn't stop us. I met a neighbor who let me drive his tractor. I pet some horses and dogs. Took a trip to nearby blowing rock which was beautiful. After chasing dreams of fall and leaves underfoot, we finally found it! We walked the little streets, browsed in super cute shops and then found a ... read more

Hello, Well so much for sneaking out of Palmy quietly !! Thanks to all our awesome family and friends that came out to the airport to see us off. we were blown away. Tori won $6.00 on the scratchies thanks. We met up with the Ingrams heading to L.A on the same flight, they're taking their kids to Disneyland and for a look around . We didn't even leave the country and Josh got us into trouble, He had 2 pairs of scissors ain his pencil case, that they picked up in the xray machine !! Yes it is a long time in the plane from Auckland to L.A, we all had a bit of sleep at diferent times. Josh and Tori got to hand out the lollies when we came into L.A. Standing the customs ... read more

We spent last night in Fayettville with some of Jared's friends from when he was in the Army. We had a great dinner at a restaurant called "The Mash House"...I was expecting it to be a fast food restaurant, it turns out it was a fancy rib restaurant!! We met up with Cimarron and sampled the Red Ale beers while sharing a crab dip appetizer. Cimarron’s wife, Danielle met us soon after and we all enjoyed some fine dining. I had the Balsamic Chicken with Parmesan Risotto…..I am a fast learner and Jared has taught me to make the most out of each meal so I saved half of the chicken to eat for lunch the next day. Jared did the same with his meatloaf…yes, I did say meatloaf. I guess you can take the boy ... read more