Blogs from North Carolina, United States, North America - page 12

Living in the Triad of North Carolina definitely has its perks. We are only a short 20-minute drive to Greensboro and Winston-Salem, and High Point is even closer. That said, since we’ve lived here our whole lives it can get a little monotonous to frequent the same spots time and again. So, when my husband got a day off of work in return for working overtime a little last week, we jumped at the chance to take a family day trip together. Of course, as luck would have it, it rained almost the entire time we were gone, from the moment we left our door until we made it back that evening. It let up for about 30 minutes, but we were indoors eating lunch and didn’t get to enjoy the brief break of sunshine! We ... read more

My husband and I live near the Triad area of North Carolina, and we’ve been itching to get up to the North Carolina Whitewater Rafting Center in nearby Charlotte, NC. Never one for adventurous water sports, I’ll admit that I was a little less intrigued by the idea than my husband. An Eagle Scout, he’s always been more drawn to outdoor expeditions than I have been! Still, when we researched all there was to do at the Center, we were both excited to go. This was piggybacking on our recent jaunt to New Jersey, where he accompanied me on my work conference. When we got back from that trip, we realized how much we missed spending a little time together as a couple. We absolutely adore our babies, but url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carrie-visintainer/10-reasons-its-healthy-for-parents-to-spend-time-away-from-their-kids_b_6783916.htmlexperts revealthat a little time away can ... read more

If you've never been skiing before, it's unlikely you want to go in the middle of the night. You probably also want to steer clear of the super-high Black Diamonds that beckon in the distance. I should have known both of these things, but a few years ago I accompanied a few friends from a church group on a nighttime skiing adventure at Catalooche Ski Resort near Waynesville, NC. The resort is about three hours from our church in the Triad region of the state. We all piled into the rickety old church van and set off around 5:00 p.m. After a drive-through supper, we arrived at the destination around 9:00. With two children under four, I'm exhausted by 8:00 p.m. most nights, so to be away from them and just beginning my snow-covered adventure was ... read more

Growing up, the thought of leaving the country for any reason was as foreign to me as a Euro. I was born in a tiny town that got its first and only stoplight when I was in the third grade. It's the kind of place you grow up wishing you could leave, then come right back to after college to settle down and raise a family. Before I got married, the farthest I'd ever traveled was to Hilton Head, South Carolina. It took our family about six hours in a crowded Honda van and we vowed we'd never venture that far from home ever again. My husband is the same way. He grew up two miles from me and his family owned a vacation home in the North Carolina mountains. Every year, that was their big ... read more

October 1st-7th Enjoying the down time in Elizabethtown PA and taking time to see some attractions we missed before. We revisited Gettysburg and this time gave our attention to CSA and the Army of Virginia. Seeing things from a different perspective and remembering those on the Confederate side of the story. Far too many people do not know the true reason that started the battle between the states and the hundreds of thousands of citizen's that gave their life for what they believed in. I ask you all to learn both sides about our nation’s history and not just the Diatribe that is fed to us in the name of political correctness. We trekked all of the battlegrounds in Gettysburg and plan to visit other sites now to learn what really happened. After our trip to ... read more