I went to visit my older sister in North Carolina. I did a lot of bike riding too. This is the Pisgah Covered Bridge, one of the two only covered bridges left in North Carolina. I rode my bike to it and looped around it and went back to town. 40 miles.
The roads were so pretty for cycling. Not a lot of cars either so I rode on the road since there was no shoulder.
Downtown Asheboro
We ate at a restaurant that has the 63rd rated best fried chicken in the nation. I still tried their chicken pot pie. The candied yams was to die for.
I wanted to go back and try their fried chicken.
My sister got me a special room in her apartment. I slept good for my bike rides. I went riding at 7 am every morning to beat the heat. So that's 5 am Utah time!
My sister just talked and talked. That's what she needed when my mom was around and that is good.
Then we went to Asheville for a couple of days. We ate a good barbecue place and I got so much food. And it was good!
You don't see that sign every day.
The next morning I did a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a ride I wanted to do for so long. It's a climb and it has lot's of dark tunnels along the road. There were too many tunnels to count! And I didn't have a light so it got dark in the tunnels. I was worried that I was going to hit the side walls.
I made it at the top after 3,333 feet of climbing. It was a great climb and I loved it.
The top at Mount Pisgah.
More tunnels. Most of the road was barely chipped sealed but I didn't mind.
More rides on the farm roads at around my sister's place.
And I got some self portraits.
Lots of trees! You don't see that often in Utah. I went to Pisgah Covered Bridge again.
Before we got on the plane home, we went to the fried chicken place again. This time, I tried the fried chicken, it was delicious.
One day, we went to Sea Grove with my sister and her friends to look at pottery. No, I am not a pottery kind of person but I did buy a thumb piano at a pottery store that was a restored cabin. My kind of place and my kind of souvenir.
More talking at my sister's place. It was a fun trip and I really needed it and I needed to see my sister.
