Jack & Stacy's Excellent Adventure!: Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro and Charlotte

We have covered a bit of ground since our last post, all without internet access, so we have a bit of catching up to do.

We left the Lynchburg area, and Virginia (finally!) and went south to Greensboro, NC. Stacy's friend, Beth, lives in Durham, so we stayed close by to visit her and to see the sights.

Beth was a great tour guide! We drove through Chapel Hill and Durham and out through the countryside. Even though it had been nearly 20 years since we last visited, it was just like it was yesterday.

Beth and Stacy, old buddies

Saturday is college football day, and in the south you know what that means! The three of us went for a glass of wine in the afternoon. On three screens there were -- you guessed it -- UNC, NCS and Duke, all playing live. You gotta love the South!

In Durham, there is a company called Organic Transit, which has developed something called the Elf. It is classified as a bicycle, but it is so much more. There is a solar panel on the roof, and a small battery pack that fits inside. It is covered, has a windshield and head lights. It has a storage compartment for groceries or a briefcase. It can even pull a child trailer. Beth and I happened to wander by the showroom, just as one of the company guys showed up, and he let us in to see them. VERY COOL! I want to be the West Coast distributor.

The Elf bike....you should get one!!!

Jack and I went into Greensboro on Sunday. We had hoped to visit the International Civil Rights Museum, which is in the old Woolworth store where four African Americans decided in 1960 that enough was enough...and went in to be served at the soda fountain. Unfortunately, new winter hours are in effect and it was closed on Sunday and Monday.

The International Civil Rights Museum

We did go to the Greensboro Historical Museum, which was really interesting. They were hosting a pageant of some type, with dozens of young ladies all dressed in white. They looked like angels.