The main event planned was our trip to North Carolina. We couldn't leave till 4.30pm as Pam and I had presentations to attend for our summer research projects. We had dinner just outside St Louis at Paneras, and got that night to Evansville. Indiana. The next day we got up early as we had appointments and a long way to travel. We stopped at Charleston, West Virginia where we took a tour of the West Virginia State Capitol.
It was fantastic inside and Mum liked the gold leaf roof. Then on to Winston-Salem, North Carolina where we met up with Mum'm friend's friend, Dorothy. We met her for dinner at Little Richards BBQ for some real North Carolina BBQ, the sauce was different, thinner and more vinegary. Donnie fell for cheerwine which is a local specialty, a type of cherry soda. We spent the night in Winston-Salem and the next morning met up with my friend from Berkeley, Simon, who lives in Chapel Hill. It was great meeting up with him and his lovely wife, Kate. It had been too long! After that we stopped at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. That whale skeletons hanging from the ceiling, pretty awesome! The night of the 5th we finally made it to Nag's Head and our house!
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