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

We started the day back at the lake. Kasie and Lori out in the kayak. Sriracha and Pedro out on pontoon with Wayne. We then went to the vineyard for our special tour. The Daveste' Vineyards with uncle Wayne as the guide. Lessons on pruning. Tour of the bottle room. Samples of wine. Relaxing at the waterfall. Back to the lake. We headed to cousin Scott's. Another afternoon on the lake. Round and round with the kids and Pedro in tow. Another beautiful day. Steaks and sweet corn on the deck for dinner. ... read more

Yoo-Hoo....time to get up and get going for travel day #2. Cory has the engine all reved up and he's ready to go. Lulu beat us all to the RV. Sometimes she gets a bit pushy. No one is going to take her spot in the RV but she worries. Settle yourself down, kiddo. Weather is improving. Took my babushka off. Actually, the sun came out and we all donned our sunglasses. Woweee. ???Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happySunshine in my eyes can make me crySunshine on the water looks so lovelySunshine almost always makes me high. ??? Not much excitement today.....just highway driving. Nothing to see, nothing to do. First rest area stop was super crowded. It was ... read more

Good Morning, Everyone! Our 3rd day on the road and so far so good (I'm knocking on all the wood I can find inside this moving van"). Hey! Whaz up? No more sunshine! Traveling into Charlotte, N.C. We are freezing. It's 42 degrees and light rain today. Heater on, long pants on, long sleeve shirts on, coats on - good grief. We are sliding back into reality. Lulu is grateful she can only get a head freeze. Will there be snow on our horizon? Please, noooooo. We spent last night behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant.....on route 26 below Columbia, SC. somewhere. It started raining hard mid afternoon so it was time to stop. No campground close by. It was earlier than planned for our stop but safer. We were tired anyway. Love those Cracker Barrels: good ... read more