Thanks for bringing by that information. That would be the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wouldn't it?
North Carolina is rich in history. I find American History much more interesting now that I ever did when I was in school. :-)
Posted on 03/09/2005 12:26:30 AM PST by Mama_Bear
Thanks for bringing by that information. That would be the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wouldn't it?
North Carolina is rich in history. I find American History much more interesting now that I ever did when I was in school. :-)
"Tar Heel" is 2 words.
Good advice for good living! Thanks, Rus. Happy day to you!
Ping. Always good to think about Blackbeard and Barbeque.
Actually, I have it both ways in the presentation because I couldn't find out how it was supposed to be. So, the way I see it, I am only half wrong. LOL. On each website I searched it was spelled one way or the other. Seems many people think it is "tarheel".
But I will take your word for it and I won't be making that mistake again. ;-)
Thanks for your compliments and the correction.
That's got to be one of the nicest compliments I've received. At times when I think that I just can't put the effort and time into doing another state, it's comments like that that keep me going. :-)
This is one of your prettiest (I'm still hanging on to the very first one - Alabama - as one of the best.) :)
Awwwww....thank you. But, isn't that odd? Alabama is one of the ones that is my least favorite.
It bothers me that there are a couple of my graphics that aren't coming up for you. I hope my deleting them from the server and re-uploading them corrected the problem.
Scubachick tells me that the summers can be very sticky and miserable, but the week we were there last summer it was beautiful, so I don't know what she is talking about. ;-)
Have a great day, sistah D. and scubachick!
It didn't. :( I've even cleared my cache since you re-uploaded. I've copied the urls and pasted in my browser window. It loads everything, including the graphics in the comments, except those two that I told you about. (the pigbar and the ncflag) Every time I refresh, it quickly opens all the graphics except those *2*. I don't understand it either. But hopefully, everyone else is able to open those two graphics!
Thanks for posting that information and link to the gem capitol of the world. I found NC difficult to present because there is just so much history, so many points of interest, so many beautiful areas, and with their barbecue, the Blackbeard stories....it's just way too much for one presentation.
I really do appreciate your help directing me to the the barbecue sites. When we were there we did get to try some NC barbecue (in a sandwich with coleslaw on it), but I don't know if we had eastern or western. LOL. But it was soooo good!
P.S. It *still* says "2 items remaining. Opening Page" but it just hangs and never opens those two until finally I get "Done", but no image.
I used to rock hound a lot when I was in college in the NC mountains and a few years after.
Donated most of my collection to the university. Save a few pieces for bookends and such.
Now I live in a boring igneous zone, not much going on around here.
Hmmmmmm, I don't know anything else to do. But you didn't miss all that much, just a graphic of NC's flag and a bar graphic that I made out of five cute little pig faces wearing chef's hats. :-)
You mean you CAN'T SEE IT? It's there, just as big as life. LOL! Well, I'll work on it. ;-)
HUGS!
Happy day to you, Auntbee!
Sliding Rock.
It's about a mile upstream from here:
Looking Glass Falls
and at the base of this (left side):
Looking Glass Mountain.
Sliding Rock is tame enough for anyone. One that gave you a ride then spit you out at the end was Bustass falls:
20-30 years ago the place would be packed with locals and college kids. Sometime over the past 10 or so years the land sold to a developer who fenced it off and posted security guards to keep everyone out. Even though it was privatly owned, it was a community swimming hole for decades. The hard core locals could go down it standing up while drinking a beer, then put their thumb over the bottle when the hit the pool at the end and come up drinking again.
You're welcome.
You know, there isn't a state yet that I have presented that I haven't become fascinated with, I want to visit them all. But some are just a bit more interesting than others and NC is one of them. Last summer I spent three days there, nowhere near long enough. I definitely want to go back and see the mountains and the Outer Banks.
Thanks for coming along on our cyber-tour. You have a great day, shezza.
Don't we all! ;)
One of my fav movies was filmed around the Asheville area. Loved the scenery and the soundtrack to The Last of the Mohicans.
Did I forget to mention that? ;-)
I lived in Texas. The only thing wrong with Texas is the squirrels.
LOL! I just love it when you post!
I am sorry to hear that your Grandma is back in the hospital. I will keep Lonestar and your Grandma in my prayers. ((((((((Weinie/Lonestar)))))))))
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