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 We drove State Highway 301 yesterday, taking the longer route from the Fayetteville, NC area, east of Raleigh, towards the Virginia border. As we drove through the town of Selma, I saw a truck parked on a corner with a sign on the side that said "Old-Fashioned Ice Cream."
Mark asked "Do you want to stop?" He could have saved those five words for some other use; of course I wanted to stop! Yesterday Mark and I were traveling just north of Selma, North Carolina. As we moved into the left-hand turn lane to switch to another highway, we saw this sign on the right-hand side of the road. We made the turn, but Mark got out and got a picture for me.   I am sorry, Joe (and you know who you are).
We went through Benson, NC one day too early; Mule Days starts on Thursday the 22nd, and we went through on Wednesday. This festival began in 1949, and has grown over the past 70 years. 30,000 spectators are expected this year. We did see some of the early birds setting up in Chambers Park, and some folks grooming and walking mules near the trailers, but we will miss the mule parade and competitions this year. So I "teased" the other day that we are under contract to buy our permanent home. Here is a picture of it now, and after the jump, an inspiration picture, showing what we want it to look like.  One of the hardest things for me to leave when we moved from the Monterey Peninsula was Gail Abeloe's Back Porch Fabrics. I tried to talk her into selling the shop to me, but she said she was just having too much fun to quit yet. Today was the first day of the All Carolinas Shop Hop, so we took it as an excuse to head out on a jaunt, to a quilt shop and more.  |
