Category Raleigh

Spring North Carolina 2023, Part Two

April 18 – May 2 As mentioned in the earlier post, as soon as we pulled up to Wye Hill Brewing, I recognized having been there before.  It was in 2009 when we lived in Charlotte and I had just purchased our 2007 BMW 335 and took off on a Friday to drive to Raleigh […]

Spring North Carolina 2023, Part One

January 31 – February 2, April 18 – May 2 With my hip replacement scheduled for the middle of February, we decided to get in one last road trip before I would have to begin another three months of convalescence.  Taking advantage of a winter promotion in Yosemite where if one purchased two nights of […]

East Coast Fall 2021 – Durham, NC, Part One

October 24-28 The six-hour drive to Durham went smoothly and we arrived at Nicole’s by midafternoon, ready to see what the week to follow would bring us, both with the car and Joanna’s Mom.  Anticipating that we might be leaving the Highlander at the body shop the next day after getting the estimate, we emptied […]

North Carolina Spring 2021, Part Six

June 3 – 14, 2021 A short drive of an hour plus to Durham awaited us so we dawdled that last morning at Ann and Rendy’s before departing around noon.  Knowing dinner would be later in the day, we stopped at a McDonald’s just off the I-40 for food to tide us over until then.  […]