Top of a mountain in WInston-Salem, North Carolina - North Carolia Road Trip

Chicago needs more mountains.

Mayberry town and the top of a mountain in North Carolina.

Thursday.

After a bagel with Will.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Bagel in VIrginia

After a quick stop at the rest area because Flopsy needed a bathroom break.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Flopsy on a road trip

After a detour to see a big pencil.


Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Big Pencil in Virginia

I left Virginia and rolled my way into North Carolina.

I headed out to Mt. Airy, North Carolina: AKA Mayberry. A town devoted to Andy Griffith.

And I met up with Sadie! Sadie is a HungrySister who I know through competitive eating and is awesome and saw that I kind of had not much to do for a bit and offered to let me come stay with her a day earlier than planned!

In “Mayberry” there was a statue of Andy Griffith.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Mt. Airy - Mayberry Town in North Carolina - Andy Griffith statue

And a gas station.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Mt. Airy - Mayberry Town in North Carolina - gas station

And some other stuff.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - cop car

And a jail.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Mt. Airy - Mayberry Town in North Carolina - jail

And a museum we couldn’t take photos in.

We honestly never watched the Andy Griffith Show all that much so we weren’t too familiar with anything else!

We were a bit hungry so we went to a fast food place called Cook-Out, which was definitely delicious!

I had a burger topped with homemade chili & slaw, mustard, and onions and a strawberry cheesecake milkshake. And we split some onion rings. It was delicious.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip - Cook Out fast food - burger topped with homemade chili & slaw, mustard, and onions - strawberry cheesecake milkshake - onion rings

Sadie had to head off to work for a bit so she drove me to the bottom of a mountain and said “drive that way.”


And so I did.

And at the top it was beautiful.

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip -

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip -

Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip -

I hiked around a bit and then met back with Sadie in Winston-Salem for a chill night of TV and Taco Bell preparing for the day of exploring ahead


My Virginia/North Carolina Road Trip:

Day 1: You know you take the scenic route when…

Day 2: I don’t do well with decisions.

Day 3/Day 4: And all the roads that lead you there were winding.

Day 5: I swear we were infinite.

Day 6: Chicago needs more mountains.

Day 7: Second Best Water Ever.

Day 8: RedBone Willy’s Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival.

Day 9: It ain’t over till it’s over.

 

Hi, I'm Val. I spent most of my 20s in a standstill, unable to pick which path in life I wanted to take. I wanted the nomadic life of a traveler but also wanted the husband, the condo, and the kitten. Unable to decide which life I wanted more, I did nothing. When I turned 30 I’d had enough of putting my life on hold and decided to start “choosing my figs.” So, I quit my job, bought a one-way ticket to Europe, and traveled for three years. Now I'm back in Chicago, decorating my apartment in all the teal, petting my cats, and planning my next adventure.

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