On the road...again

With packed carseats and buckled bags-we were off to see NC! First stop, Charlotte. What a beautiful city! Charlotte has the charm of a historic small town and the energy of a bustling modern day city-a great mix! We took the kids to a fun hands-on science museum, The Discovery Place, the Panthers stadium-the high-light of the trip for both kids (Jack still lists it as his "best part of today"), an Irish festival and the NASCAR hall of fame (not that we're NASCAR fans or anything-it just comes with the territory). A few weekends later we went to Asheville in the mountain region of the state and WOW! Breathtaking! My best gal is coming out for a visit at the end of next month when the colors are suppose to be at their peak. I can't even imagine a more beautiful place to see an eastern fall-I can't wait! It turns out I was so into our trip to Asheville I didn't take a single picture while there! The only photo I captured was the one of Jack and Adam next to the vintage police car. While traveling up to the mountains we stopped for lunch in a cute small town and drove around a bit. The town was oddly familiar and when we saw a guy getting ready to wash this cool, old cop car we decided to stop and have a chat. It turns out we were in the town that inspired Mayberry, as in the "Andy Griffith Show." In a few weeks the town will host Mayberry Days, an annual event with a parade and festival-I guess we will probably hit the road for that too!

PS: I really need to hand the camera to Adam once in awhile so that it is documented that I actually was there!