Tomorrowland!

[IainH]

Nice to see another NC tarheel here!  I am down past Raleigh but visit your neck of the woods often.  I love me some Blowin Rock.  Sorry, nothin to do about BG in this comment though.

Bring $$$ main st full of boutique stores any more, but you can still find some bargains, tell them you want the "Miss Judi" discount they will think your friends with my mother in law. My daughters closet is full of them. Nana spoils her grandchildren but, that's OK. I also know where the best food is at.

Funny, to my grandkids, i am Nana too!  And yep, been to Blowing Rock many a time, though not lately.  And boy do they ever have the shops indeed.  Might be time for me and my oldest daughter to head back up there.  We usually do "May-cays" (vacations in May, just the two of us)at the coast since her hubby's family have a condo there for free!

Yeah, the beach is our preferred destination for vacations, when we were young it was MB SC over July 4th week, then after kids it North Myrtle now its Cherry Grove. Once when our kids were 10&8 we unwittingly picked black biker week, one evening we drove to the pavilion at MB. It was quite a culture shock but, everyone we met were tremendously nice. On another occasion outside of Walmart, I encountered three large black guys standing next to their tricked out Japanese superbikes I complemented their bikes but, said I thought they were brave or nuts to ride deathtraps, they asked me what I liked and I said I liked vintage Harleys with a soft spot for '52 panheads and the ironhead sportster. I can't write their exact words here but they basically informed me that, their bikes could handle and stop whereas, mine could do neither and proceeded to question my sanity and relationship with my mother. At that, we all burst out in belly laughs. To this day it remains our most interesting and enjoyable beach trip so far.