North Carolina Adventures

August 2, 2013

 

We checked out of our hotel room in Adel, GA at about 12 p.m. It was a really positive start to our day even though we were all still bummed on not being able to do anything planned for GA. I know I personally was really looking forward to going to Helen and going camping... but again, I was GLAD to be back on the road again.

 

~And so we traveled... around Atlanta, through the tip of South Carolina, and then arrived in North Carolina! Surprisingly a long drive by the way!

 

 

 

~~~~BELOW ARE THE ACTUAL STOPS WE MADE~~~~

 

*Around 8/9 p.m. we get to my grandma's house in Hickory (One of the hardest places to navigate around in). My amazing grandma is 93 this upcoming month. She also just got her second hip replaced a few months ago and walks without a cane.

**Her Advice** DRINK MILK!

 

 





 * We left there and decided to go to DUKE UNIVERSITY...not realizing that we would get there at 2 in the morning. After getting lost a few times on the winding roads of Durham, we finally parked right by the famous chapel building. The security guards just let us walk around and venture all that we wanted. All I can say is we didn't want to leave. OH, AND WE RAN ACROSS THE FIELD :) Here are some pictures:

 

 

* This long day was still not over because we needed to arrive at the place we were going to stay for the night which consisted of vague driving directions and driving through corn fields and on dirt roads. My Aunt Ish lives in Harrells, NC (which doesn't even exist on the map behind this post...) It is basically a very small town in the middle of nowhere on The Black River. At her place, she has a puppy, Sadie, another camp dog, Sofie, and 3 loveable cats. We stayed in one of the mobile homes she owns and traveled back and forth to the houses by golf cart. We did lots of fun things here including: going on a crazy boat ride down the river (sawing down trees as we went), riding on the back of my Uncle's tailgate drinking tea, and having a huge bonfire. Very relaxing.  

 

 

 

We stayed with Aunt Ish for several nights and then decided it was time for our next adventure (which we will be posting soon.) Please comment! I hope everyone is enjoying the blog so far!