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"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Monday, October 13, 2008

Road Trip

This weekend Heather decided to get me up very early (about noon) because she wanted to go on a road trip. Well...after 6 pots of coffee and some time trying to figure out where to go we finally decided on a Mum festival. (We were not sure if they meant the flowers or mummers). So off we went to New Bern, NC (a town about the size of Wilmington) about 2 hours northwest of us. On the way I saw this cool building so I thought I'd take a picture of it.

An hour or two into out "trip" we came across a festival in the very small town of Faison. (Faison's version of Wal-Mart.)

I'm not sure what kind of festival it was or what it was for, But they did have the North Carolina, small town version of a rock concert...Enjoy.

Finally we get to New Bern and are looking forward to the Mum Fest. Unfortunately the weather was a little under itself so it looks like we were the ONLY ones looking forward to it.

So, after getting rained on a little, we thought we would go look for the mysterious Mums. Well we found them...

Dad, this photo is just for you. It is a small collapsible, one seat, rear propeller plane that does not require a pilot's licence to fly. Ahhh, to dream.

In closing, you can add this festival to one our Love-It, Hate-It NC lists, (pick one).

5 comments:

laura said...

my friends are from new bern!!! you should have met up with them! i'll have to ask them if they went, too! glad you had fun!

Megan said...

Love the "mums". How fun for you and Heather to be able to up and go and do something fun.

laura said...

Great Pictures. Funny Mum Festival....It reminds me of the cemetery on Memorial Day!

Peri said...

I was hoping for mummers. Oh, well. Maybe next time. Loved the old-timey entertainment!

Janet said...

You didn't tell me you went to New Bern last weekend! That sounds like a ton of fun. I've seen one of those little collapsible airplanes. A friend of Joe (Bob's dad) had one and showed it to us when we were in Arkansas. I'd NEVER fly in one. NEVER. NC has lots of festivals.