Fearrington, NC

First, let me mention I THINK I have changed the protocols to allow anyone to respond to the blog. Now that I know that “sex” is in my URL, that means I will get ALL kinds of responses from all kinds of strange people which might be fun, right?!

Let me tell you about our stay at Fearrington. Ellen Lev was kind enough to email me and say she, too, thought a lot about visiting Fearrington and seeing the belted cows (which if I learn to post pictures in the next few days, you will see).

Fearrington Inn was really worth the trip! I tried to encourage Barb Ruane’s family and Michael Stevens’ families (independently, as they do not know each other…six degrees of separation from ME!) to move there (me, living vicariously?) but I retract that recommendation. The multi-use place is interesting, but don’t pack the moving vans. The Inn, however, is great. Yes, worth a trip if you are visiting Duke or UNC. They do have belted cows and you will love to see the pictures, again, if I figure that out.

After Fearrington, we took the six-hour drive to Savannah. We listened to Call Me Ted…appropriately as we traveled the South. (Thanks, Claire for giving it to us!). Seems Ted Turner used to have billboards from Macon to Savannah and then you know what happened when he hit Atlanta (clue: C-N-N).

One of the more interesting parts of traveling south on I95 is SOUTH OF THE BORDER (or as the water tower indicates S.O.B.). Again, pictures will follow IF… Have you ever driven to FL on I95? You will have encountered the billboards (which start 30 miles before South Carolina’s border}….a sampling:

• · Pedro Says: World’s #1 Miniature Golf
• · Camp Wee Pedro!
• · Too Moch (sic) Tequila
• · You Never Sausage a place…You’re always a wiener at Pedro’s
• · Pedro’s Africa Shop
• · Hat’s Around the World
• · Back up Amigo. You Missed It!

Believe it or not, a fellow UD grad was a manager of this rest stop. What an interesting gig.

We are now in Savannah and had a great tour. More about it tomorrow, as I am a little tired. My throat is sore from singing “A hundred of bottles of beer on the wall” for 400 miles.

Oh, by the way, I did encounter tons of computer sign-on problems at Fearrington which may be related to the belted cows, that’s why you didn’t hear from me this AM.

Also, thanks to Kathy Gaetz and Moh-Jiun Chen for the explanation of North/South battle names. Very interesting.

We go to Gainesville tomorrow and have three days there, so I have time to work out these technical problems.

PS. How many days can one wear the same pair of jeans?