Archive for May, 2008

Carl Sandburg & Folk Music to Grand Ole Opry

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

On Memorial Day we went to the Carl Sandburg Home national Historic Site for a great, free day of folk music.  Very low key.  I would love to share some of the sounds with you since I recorded most of the music on my nifty digital voice recorder.  however, when I got back to the campsite [...]

Warm and Well in NC

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

We left Raleigh on Friday morning and arrived in the wonderful world of South Toe River Campgrounds on Friday evening.  We realized that camping would be tough because it was Memorial Day, but this was a campgrounds like no other.It looked like Levittown on a good day, or the Folk Festival on a bad day.   [...]

On the Road

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Well the adventure has finally begun.  After a very difficult two weeks of packing and goodbyes, renting the house, then not renting the house, finally selling the mini and most awfully, saying goodbye to Layla, Ed and their family, we left, as planned on Monday May 19.  The last look at the house was far [...]