Our stay in Raleigh NC was busy so it passed very quickly leaving little or no time to update the blog! When we first arrived we stayed at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds near downtown Raleigh NC. There is a 14 day limit to stay there but we were unable to book sites as easily as in the past because of their new reservation system. This meant we had to move a couple times during our stay since the weekends filled the park with football fans. It is by far Sharon's favorite location as it is close to downtown and NC State University!
Once we could stay no longer, we moved over to the Popular Point Campground a state park near Jordan Lake. Once again, we had to move a few times because of reservations until we discovered that there was one whole loop available on a first come first serve basis. This made our life easier once we discovered this and we picked a site with the ability to stay longer without having to move!
We also got to enjoy many different North Carolina craft beers while visiting. Our two favorites to try out North Carolina beers are the Flying Saucer in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, and any of the Lowes Food stores scattered throughout the Raleigh-Durham area. The Flying Saucer on Mondays has every beer on sale for $5 per pint. The Lowe's food stores have an area inside the store called the Beer Den where they have up to 10 beers on tap, mostly from the state of North Carolina. Even better on Thursdays their tap beers are half priced and on Saturday days they have have priced growler fills. Fridays is they have half priced flights day which means we can try many to beers at the same time.
Adding to the fun, Wednesday is half price wine pours where we could also try different wines at a fraction of the cost. Two of the Lowes Beer Dens attract a large group of regulars who live in the area near the Lowes store. We visited often enough to become friends with several of the regulars at the High Point Lowe's food store and at the Apex Lowe's food store. What fun!
However our main purpose for staying in the Raleigh North Carolina area was to have fun with our grandkids, Allie and Emmy. Allie is three and Emmy is a one year old. They are both full of personality and energy. It has been a blast watching them develop during our stay. Those of you with grandchildren know that this time is precious. They're only young so long!
Our daughter Katie, took a week off of work so we stayed nine days at her house where her husband Brooks smoked some ribs and a brisket! Fabulous! Katie joined us everyday to play disc golf which was really great! The Raleigh area has lots of really well laid out courses. Our favorites were Rock Ridge in Pittsboro as well as Kentwood and Apex Nature Park in Raleigh! Brooks was also able to join us on one outing!
The only downside was we both caught colds while visiting as it seems we always catch something from the grands! They bounce right back whereas ours seem to linger. The price of getting old, I guess. It's always hard to say goodbye but alas, our stay came to a conclusion for another year. We did bank a lot of great memories and look forward to making many more.
But alas, our stay comes to a conclusion for another year and it is nearly time for us to go.
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