Lets load up at say . . . .5:00am!

Easy flight through  Detroit and Raleigh/Durham. No sequester traffic controller problems.

Great dancing water fountain at the Detroit airport:

Diana and John were great tour guides of their old stomping grounds in Chapel Hill! Funny art in one of the squares.

John and Diana’s old home in Chapel Hill

It’s time to shop for provisions. First stop, a combo Orange Tree Imports/Metcalfe’s X 10! Southern Seasons, huge store with lots of . . . cheese!

How about a 85 pound wheel of Parmigianino for $1,600!

Well no . . . but maybe some Uplands Pleasant Ridge cheese from Dodgeville, WI for only $20/pound. They knew about the cows!!

The store had every food magazine you could think of . . . .

including that my favorite . . . Southern Gardens and Guns!

Let’s gets some picnic food!

It might only be 2:00pm in Chapel Hill but it’s 5:00pm somewhere!

Lets share a bottle of wine!

It’s spring down south. All of the trees are leaved out, many of the flowering shrubs are in full bloom and it is warm . . . and the loopers are out too.

Oh yeah, how about a case of wine for camp!

and one of John’s favorite breads . . .  the La Miche!

Suddenly it was 5:30 and time for a cocktail!

Followed by an appetizer of fried oysters . . .

A great southern dinner of barbeque . . . with Susie and Kim.

. . .  and of  course bread pudding!!!!!

Need to now sleep all that off. It was a long day starting at 3:30am. Tomorrow it’s more food shopping and off to Wilkesboro, home of Merlefest!