MORE OF RALEIGH

ON THE WEEKENDS, THE RALEIGH STATE FAIR HOSTS A FLEA MARKET....WE COULDN'T WAIT TO CHECK THAT OUT. IT WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR!

WE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW LARGE THIS WAS........TONS OF VENDORS....INSIDE AND OUTSIDE!

WE GOT THERE EARLY....IT WASN'T TOO HOT YET  AND THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY PEOPLE.

ALL WE BOUGHT WAS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET. WE TOOK THOSE BACK TO THE RV AND HEADED TO THE CRABTREE MALL FOR LUNCH AND TO LOOK AT LAPTOPS. WE ATE AT TOMATO PIE, A PIZZA PLACE.....DELICIOUS PIZZA.

WE FOUND A LAPTOP WE LIKED AT BEST BUY, A DELL, BUT WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD ORDER  IT DIRECTLY FROM DELL. ON MONDAY, WE WENT TO  SEE THE MOVIE "SPY", IT WAS REALLY GOOD. IT WAS HOT HERE NOW, IT SEEMED LIKE THE HEAT WAS FOLLOWING US. I DIDN'T GET TO TASTE ANY SOUTH CAROLINA BARBECUE, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TASTED NORTH CAROLINA BARBECUE, SO ON TUESDAY, WE WENT TO THE OLD TIME BARBECUE FOR LUNCH.

IT LOOKED BUSY.....IT MUST BE GOOD!

IT WAS A SMALL QUAINT LITTLE CAFE. AND THEY SERVED DELICIOUS BARBECUE.

MY TWO SIDES  WERE COLLARD GREENS AND COOKED CABBAGE...YUM!!!

AFTER THAT WE WENT TO CHECK OUT THE  OLD GRIST MILL.

BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS!

THE NEXT DAY WAS OUR LAST DAY  IN RALEIGH, WE GOT UP EARLY AND WENT OVER TO THE LAUNDROMAT AND WASHED FIVE LOADS OF CLOTHES. AFTER LUNCH WE DROVE OVER TO THE STATE FARMERS MARKET. IT WAS A HUGE MARKET, OPERATING  SEVEN DAYS A WEEK YEAR ROUND.

THIS IS WHAT WE BOUGHT......WATERMELON, CANTALOUPE, TOMATOES, CUKES, PEACHES, SWEET POTATOES,  FLOWERS AND PEACH CIDER.

WHEN WE GOT HOME THERE WAS A NOTE ON OUR DOOR FROM CHERYL, SAYING THEY WERE FULL TIME RVERS ALSO AND WOULD LIKE TO VISIT WITH US. I WENT OVER TO HER FIFTH WHEEL AND VISITED A BIT. I GAVE HER ONE OF OUR CARDS AND WE PROMISED TO STAY IN TOUCH. THE NEXT MORNING WE LEFT FOR  CLEMMONS, NORTH CAROLINA  TO STAY AT A VERY NICE COUNTY PARK. WE HAVE NEVER STAYED AT A COUNTY PARK. AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE FURTHER UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS....AND WE WERE STILL LOOKING FOR COOLER WEATHER!