North Carolina

Just got back from a short and quick jaunt to NC. Did not ride or bring bike. First of all I left here and it was 27 degrees and 10-12 inchs of snow on the ground. Get there and it was 60's and sunny.

Couple observations.......gas here is avg 2.49. Got it for 2.17 in Virginia at a Shell station..why the desparity in prices,don't understand that. The NJTPK was higher then I thought it would be at 2.45. The NJTPK is usually the lowest.

The interstates are jacked. From NH to NC is like one big traffic jam during the day along the Eastern seaboard...WTF.

No offense JBob for not touching bases, got there late Monday and left early Thursday. Was pretty much a crush to get there to drop off the Christmas presents for the grandboys, visit a smidge and head home.

Have family in Fayettville and went there for Wednesday dinner..what a shithole. Glad I had a GPS,albeit out of date and that caused one problem because of construction and a road closure in Fayettville.

All in all it was great to get a brief reprieve from the snow and cold. You North Carolinians are dang lucky! Jealous.

Headed down to Maggie Valley, NC via the Skyline Drive and BRP in late June...We take a ride down there every few years...Beautiful country down there...

You will be in my backyard...it is a cool place to ride...

Asheville favorite place in the whole USA. I wish when I retire I had the huxpa to sell everything and relocate to Asheville.

Carolina BBQ and southern fried chicken..yum yum! Courtesy of Wilburs BBQ, Goldsboro,NC

North Carolina has everything. Mountains, the coast and Eastern Carolina(where Jbob lives) not quite the coast nor mountains

Yeah, it's pretty flat where I live but that's ok. I've lived in the mountains and on the west coast. I like the people here better.

My house is there too and I'm not saying thats a bad thing. Thats just the description of that part of North Carolina. North Carolina is geograpically diversified,lol.

North Carolina is a great place to live. We'll never move again. California has fine scenery but is going down the tubes.

Going.....?

I would say it is fairly unusual to hear someone say that unless they are liberal or like big cities. Parts of SC and NC are similar except RDS. SC quite behind other bordering states, but up side is their gas is much cheaper. No road tax on gas there.

I agree it depends on where you live and what is home to you.

You're right BI, it's been gone. Wish you could be here Christmas day, Friday and Saturday - they all look to be good riding days. Boy, it'll be nice to get out and ride again. It's been sloppy wet and/or cold here. Today it's supposed to get around 70 but it will rain all day. At least all my shopping is done and as usual, my dear ol' mother-in-law, bless her heart, has deposited a truck load of presents under the tree for us. She spoils us rotten every Christmas .

BTW, my new avatar isn't a selfie - my mother-in-law took it recently as I was practicing in the house. She is 86 and so far doing fine.

Me and you both..my bike is in the garage and blocked in by piles of snow.

Same here Josh, warm enough just won't stop raining.