What a great final night we had at Susie’s. Great company, great food, great beverages, down bedding, comfy mattress and quiet . . . as I drifted off to sleep I thought I could hear the theme song from Andy of Mayberry, which was filmed just down the road!

By 7:30am we were all up and ready for a little pie . . .  it’s never too early for pie down south!

 

     

How are we going to spend our last day discussions ensued.

 

Spring has definitely sprung in the south and all the little critters were busy doing what critters do. No wonder things grow so well down here.

See Diana’s High hurdles here:

We decided to go to neighboring Pittsboro for a final shopping and eating spree. John and I headed to a used bookstore the our better halves shopped. Susie was at the gym working out and would meet us for lunch.

Being a woodworker I was interested in a shop that taught woodworking classes using of belt driven equipment. Too bad there was not a class going on at the time. It would have been neat to see it all in action.

I did meet the owners pet chicken, Gertie!

 

Stranger in a strange land . . .

We went to one of John and Diana’s old haunts and as is so common in the restaurant business the ownership had changed hands. The menu look interesting so we agreed to give it a try. The local beer, Bad Betty, was quite tasty as was the fried green tomato appetizer.

Fish tacos all around except for John who was craving MEAT and had the bison burger.

. . . was that carrot cake we saw when we walked in homemade? Yes! (emJay and I shared it)

Lets check out the other side of the street.

One final stop.

 

Funny about the south. . . .folks seems pretty laid back such as at this store . . . good luck catching them open!

. . . to this place, where like the rest of the country, it’s go, go go.

But wherever we went, people were very friendly and warm to us Yankees.

We’d like to offer thanks Diana and John for introducing us to Merlefest and including us in their 8 year tradition and to Susie for opening her home to us for two nights and being such a gracious hostess.

We are already making plans for Merlefest 2014!

Thanks for coming along.