This was just a short trip, six weeks! We went down to Delaware, along the Chesapeake in Maryland and Virginia, then the beach in North Carolina and South Carolina, the mountains in North Carolina, over the mountains to Kentucky, out to Illinois, back to Indianapolis, to Western Pennsylvania, to the Finger Lakes Region in New York and then home.
It was late Spring and the flowers where still in bloom at Longwood Gardens.
It was a pretty day.
A look down the boulevard.
"Want a horse,
Want a sheep,
Want to get me a good night's
sleep,
Living
in that home in the heart of the country."
Clay is everywhere in Virginia and brick was the building material of choice.
This campus was really nice (and old). I thought it was a private college but it is a state public school. It was graduation day.
Time to get some oysters.
Good but not the best I've ever had.
Lots of these in this small town. Home of peanuts and hams (now owned by the Chinese).
Lunch in Chapel Hill
What do you call that thing?
There are many lovely spots on this campus.
María Berrío
Syzygy, 2017
Collection Nasher Museum of Art. [Duke University]
About this collage
Circa 1858 -- Stagville Plantation, Durham, NC
Nice section of town.
It was a rainy day and a great way to spend the afternoon.
I got a beer and she got a glass of wine. Oh well....
Sand walking trail.
Another boon-docker's site. This woman rescues wild horses from all over the east.
I've never seen so many coquina and they were alive!
North end of Pawleys.
They crowned a King that morning.
This was the house we lived in at Pawleys when we were first married. It didn't look like this at all. They have done a nice job.
It's the big town.
We met friends in Shelby NC.
Shelby has a great tribute to their native son. Stop if you are close by.
Just off the highway and we stopped for lunch.
People used to ride horses every day. Now we don't.
Pisgah National Forest
Easy to get to.
Civilian Conservation Core building at Norris Dam in Tennessee. It was going to host a wedding the day we visited.
Looking up the river from DuPont Lodge at Cumberland Falls State Park KY
The whole area is just layers of limestone.
No moon-bow but it is still pretty cool.
This was once my parents home in Corbin. KY. Yes Jeff, this hill is steeper than this picture depicts.
Got a 'Holler Baloney Sandwich' in Corbin KY. That is a lot of baloney, but it really wasn't that bad.
For $5 you get a great lunch at Transylvania College cafeteria.
I tended bar there when I went to college. Richmond, KY. I hadn't seen most of these guys in 50 years.
Jack had a good time.
Corby and I walked around Champaign IL. It is a pleasant little town.
That's Roger Ebert the film critic.
More of Champaign
Bike friendly.
Patrick bought dinner, I owe him one. (Indianapolis IN)
This is a high school but it feels more like a college campus.
Cool street where we rented bikes.
Camped here to see Bill and Megan the next day. Interesting little place.
The boys had a paintball outing.
The one in the middle. He was 14.
It was a "Boon-Dockers Welcome" host.
Corby took this picture (among others).
Our hosts took us out on their boat the next morning.
Letchworth State Park. Worth going to if you are close.
Dr. Konstantin Frank winery was good but not great. He was an early developer on Seneca Lake.
Hermann J. Wiemer winery. I could have bought the whole place. Good wines done in interesting styles considering this is the east coast.
They had the best setup for tasting (flights)
They don't make buildings like this any more.
Tallest falls east of the Mississippi at 215 feet. Just outside of Ithaca NY.