I spent the day exploring Raleigh, NC. The last two days I’ve been pretty much just laying around waiting for the weather. I started off going to the farmers market, then headed downtown. I was able to cover pretty much all of downtown before dark. As I was walking the main corridor I found that […]
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This has been a hell of a week. I had my first major breakdown as soon as I dropped Ashley off at the Charlotte Airport. My engine started shaking and I knew I had a misfire and knew I couldn’t keep going like that. I found a repair shop, Fig’s Auto Repair, and They told […]
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Today we did as much of the touristy stuff that the weather would permit. We first went to Truist Park, the Braves stadium. Pretty much immediately after we took our first pictures it started raining. It started rain HARD as we got closer to downtown. We wanted to go to Olympic Park and Coke World […]
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Today we decided to go down to Atlanta, GA. On the way we stopped at a Cedar Falls Park near McKelvey Crossroads, GA to do a little hike and get out of the van. We spent the rest of the day driving until we go to Atlanta. We had supper at The Big Ketch Saltwater […]
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We started off today going to the Ashville Pinball Museum. This place was really cool. They had tons of vintage and modern pinball machines, super rare pinball machines, and vintage arcade games. After the arcade we walked around downtown. They have a Flatiron building here too. Just a smaller version of the one in NYC. […]
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My friend Ashley flew out to hang out and travel with me for a few days. She got in just before lunch so we went to Pinky’s Westside Grill, which was featured on Diner’s, Drive-in’s, and Dive’s. They were good. The pimento cheese fries were the best. Next, we walked around downtown Charlotte. We checked […]
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Today was a busy day. I started by going to the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, TN. This museum was about the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I was hoping it would be cooler. There was some good info, but I don’t recommend it. I went to the K-25 plant site. This […]
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Today I’m exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This park is beautiful. I started with a tiny hike to Cataract Falls. This was only a quarter mile out and back from the visitors center. The falls were nice and the hike was easy. My next hike is up to Laurel Falls. On the drive […]
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The plan for today is to get down to Knoxville, TN. On the way down, I stopped in Corbin, KY to see where Kentucky Fried Chicken started. The museum was closed but they had some info on signs around the site. After a couple more hours of driving there was a turnout to the Norris […]
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