WINDSOR, NC (Mark)

About a mile from the town of Windsor is the Cashie Treehouses and Campground.  Wonderful quiet place to park the trailer for a couple of days and explore.  Cheri had to do some actual work this morning, TAXES [insert frowning face] and other minutiae.  I drove into town to get a feel of the place.  At the end of town I saw this:

After taking some photos and watching a truck get weighed I was actually putting the camera away when I saw a small sign for retail peanut sales.  Sounds interesting. I got the camera and walked inside. 

The peanuts they have for sale are incredible!  You can order them online, at  www.pnuts.net, and shipping is free. 

Two things, besides the peanuts for sale caught my attention.  The old safe:

and then the flood gauge on the side of the front counter showing the water level from the different hurricanes that have passed through:

It was wonderful to talk with the people inside about how the community has come together after each of these disasters.

I then went back toward town and parked the truck and starting walking.  I came upon this scene.

Andrew and Sarah McWilson, www.handinhandcreative.org have an absolutely fascinating story.

The type of work they are doing, trying to get community involvement in art, is so important.  Anything that will help bring a community, especially the young people together should be encouraged.  They have been living full time in in what they call the "Mellow marshmallow" so they can travel and be able to do this project.

I had a wonderful conversation with them, and I got to mention the book Arts and Physics, by Joel Schlain:  one of my favorite books, and nice to be able to work it into a conversation.  They are wonderful people and I hope they are able to continue this amazing work.

I was back to the trailer before lunchtime to try and rescue Cheri from her tedium; headed back out to do some more exploring this afternoon.  (And yes, I was eating Bertie County "Smoky Sans Souci" Peanuts while I wrote this!

Addendum, from Cheri  We didn't get to Bunn's Bar-B-Q while we were in Windsor, but not for lack of trying.  Mark bought me Jane and Michael Stern's Road Food as an early Christmas, and I like what they have to say:

Bunn’s is yet more proof that great restaurants are
found in former filling stations. That’s what the
building was before 1938, when it became a barbecue parlor.
There’s still an old Texaco pump outside; and the place is
decorated inside and out with vintage signs, ads,
and ephemera. The atmosphere is vaguely like
what Cracker Barrel aims to create;
but in this case, it is real.

Photo credit:  Tripadvisor

Reading more about their menu - pretty much all pork, all the time - I guess we won't be eating there, but will definitely stop in for the experience next time we are in the area.