Category: North Carolina

#Maps May 21

There are some “Life Lessons” that MAPS can teach us is we study them correctly. Looking at MAPS is something I enjoy doing. If traveling I often stop at a Welcome Center located at...

#Plates April 28

In March we purchased a previously owned vehicle which required us to get new License PLATES. On Monday the State of NC retired my old standard license PLATE and issued me a new one....

#Growing February 25

I got asked by a friend that lives in the Northeast what are the fastest GROWING places to live in North Carolina? He also inquired about North Carolina’s most affordable cities to live in....

#Health February 19

Last week I had an interesting conversation with a friend about his HEALTH and the COVID vaccine. It seems that his home county (in NC) still does not have adequate number of vaccine shots...

#Steamship February 18

Over the past several weeks I have traveled up I-95 to Fayetteville and have driven past the exit for NC 87. Highway 87 can get you from Fayetteville NC to Wilmington NC with a...

#BladenCounty February 12

North Carolina is a basically a rural state with 70 of its 100 counties being classified as rural. That includes BLADEN County. In 1734 BLADEN became a precinct. It was part of Bath County...

#Longleaf January 13

If you live in North Carolina especially east of I-95 you often see LONGLEAF Pine Trees. In fact the North Carolina General Assembly in 1957 adopted a State of NC “State Toast”. The toast...

#WhiteChristmas December 24

Last week parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and all of New England got copious amounts of snow that are still on the ground. Today the forecast for Lumberton NC calls for rain....