Continuing on ouration-wide wine trail we stopped again in the wine producing region of Yadkin Valley, NC. We didot have much timeor funds so we had to hit just a select few vineyards and Raylen was first on the list. It was a veryice vineyard with a very classy...
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Raleigh, North Carolina
We were within two hours driving distance to my best friend Mark’s house where he and his wife Dana, and daughter Maddie live just outside Raleigh. They have a great house, and the best thing was the upper loft room, which was huge and PERFECT for an artist studio!&...
Baltimore, Maryland: Hanging with Nanny 🙂
View Baltimore Photo Gallery>> When we visit Baltimore, it is mainly about seeing Nanny. She is Sharon’s grandmother and a wonderful soul. I feel as if she were really my grandmother too, I love her dearly. This time we got to spend a lot of time with her because we...
Ocean City, Maryland: A sister reunion 🙂
As some of you may remember from a previous blog (October at Styx River)Sharon found a sister she hadever met, Elise, through the website MySpace. It was pretty emotional and something that I’llever forget. This past week her other sister Rachael was turning the big...
Deal Island, Maryland: The fountain of youth!
View Deal Island Photo Gallery>> Wellot a lot happened while at Deal Island. We did have a bunch of people staying at the in-laws and had a great time. Some drama surfaced but fizzled out pretty quickly.. Sometimes can happen when you get all the Harp/Byrd women in...
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: What the hell did she just say!?!?!?!?!
We made it to Harrisburg without any problems, other than me getting into a small fight at Roy Rogers fast food restaurant. As i was in line the older gentlemen in front of me became irate with the cashier because she made a mistake. Instead of three roast beefs and...
Donegal, Pennsylvania: The Allegheny Rain Forest
Whew! Thank god that day was over. The day we had getting to PA was grueling. CD burner screwing up when on a very tight deadline. Changing a tire in pouring rain. Getting the RV stuck turning around. Semi-lost. Setting up in pitch blackness, getting muddy, etc, etc,...
Cincinnati, Ohio: My homecoming
View Cincinnati Photo Gallery>> Well I first have to apologize as this blog is going to take a bit to write as I am behind and a lot of things have happened this trip. So many in fact they have left meo time to write but once I get back on the road I will get caught...
Batesville, Indiana: Another state, another wine trail 🙂
Indiana was aice stay. The Thousand Trails, Indian Lakes wasot one we particularly liked. It had a lot of locals that essentially lived on the property for the summer. Which since they felt like it was home were just out of control. They justy thought they could let...
Bowling Green, Kentucky: On the Bourbon Trail
View Kentucky Photo Gallery>> Bowling green was just a quickight stay over. We did get to eat at one of our top Thai Restaurants. Proved to be worthy of that rating too. Staying at Diamond Caverns wasice, we had stayed there before. It had lots ofice walking paths,...