No Shelton Vineyard with Bob Garner!

We just got an email today letting us know that they did not have enough people signed up, so they have canceled the Shelton Vineyard trip. We are just gutted! We were really looking forward to it. The saving grace is that weekend is the Ayden Collard Festival, so perhaps all is not lost! More later...

Guilford Courthouse, NC

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We made a quick afternoon road trip to Greensboro, NC today for one purpose. To at last obtain for Clay a $10 Senior Lifetime USA National Parks pass! Incredibly, this no-fee Revolutionary Battleground Memorial Site is the closest place to our home where we could buy one. So, spurred by a trip coming up in 2 weeks, we drove over to Guilford Courthouse National Park and got one today. We also toured the park and visitor's center for an hour or 2, saw the film about the battle and Clay bought a T-shirt. (Made in Honduras! For those keeping track of such things...) Anyway, it was a nice park, trails, roads, visitor's center all well done and well maintained. The Park Rangers were all very friendly and helpful. It was a nice afternoon.

Then of course, we had to eat. We chose Lucky 32. We still, years later, really miss Raleigh's Lucky 32 and their building still sits empty! It was relatively near the park, so it was also convenient. We arrived after 3pm so Sunday Brunch menu was over and we ate off the dinner menu. I had the chicken & dumplings. I enjoyed it, but it was far from NC traditional! Clay had a Black & Blue draft and pulled pork on johnny cakes with collards and a salad. He enjoyed it, but again, it was far from NC Traditional. They brought us breads which were very seedy! Good! For dessert, I had peanut butter pie. Clay has been craving chocolate chess pie since seeing The Help at the movie theater on Friday! Fortunately, Lucky 32 had one on their menu. Clay ate it. It was a huge slice! I am afraid that after the movie, Chocolate Chess Pie may be ruined for me. I don't see myself eating a slice again until I cook my own. Just to be sure! I won't say anything more so as not to spoil the book or movie for anyone else!

So, now we are all set for our next upcoming road trip. We are calling it The Three Wrights Historical Road Trip. We will be visiting Charlottesville, VA to see Monticello, then to Antietam, then the 3 Frank Lloyd Wright Houses in Southwestern Pennsylvania. They are Kentuck Knob, Fallingwater and the big finale (Did you know you can spend the night in a Wright house?) the Duncan House. We will be spending the last night of our little trip at the Duncan House! Very exciting... stay tuned!

Sorry the photos are not captioned. At some point in time due to Photobucket policy changes, meaning this is the 3rd time I've had to rework these photos since 2011, the captions were lost.

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