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Saturday, October 29, 2011 Road Junkies 0 Comments

BOXING IN HEARTLAND, Chapter 14:
IN WHICH WE EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD

Days 15-16: Greensboro, NC to Peachtree City, GA. As we love to do, we incorporated a couple of family visits into our Midwest boxing trip. Our last stops were not in the Midwest, but in North Carolina to help belatedly celebrate a birthday, meet a new family member, and check out a new driver's license.

We landed first in Greensboro, home of Ken's sister, daughter and granddaughter. Since Heather was out of town, we spent day 15 with Marion and Emma. When a cold rain derailed letterboxing plans, we visited Greensboro's excellent Natural Science Center, where we viewed their comprehensive regular exhibits as well as the limited time Titanic artifact exhibition.

While in Greensboro, we also had the opportunity to meet the new canine member of our family. A golden retriever/something mix, Mr. Lemon moved in with Emma and her mom last month. We found this young pup very congenial and not too talkative, two qualities we appreciate in a dog.

Emma and Mr. Lemon

Leaving Greensboro the following day, we headed straight for Charlotte and a visit with Ken's mother, who served us a delicious lunch and regaled us with stories of all the happenings in her apartment building.

Grandma & Ken

As we passed through North and South Carolina we continued to see beautiful fall foliage, though Georgia seemed to be just realizing that autumn had arrived.

Autumn in the Carolinas

These two days with family provided the perfect ending to our sojourn. Now for me, it's off to Arkansas for some visits with my family, and some Jeanne-e-ology research while Ken holds down the fort at home.

DAILY STATS (2 day totals)

Started in: Greensboro, NC
Ended in: Peachtree City, GA
Miles driven: 417 (Trip total: 3,312)
States: 3 (NC, SC,GA) (Trip total: 14)
Letterboxes found: 2 (Trip total: 88)
Weather: Rainy to sunny, 37° to 57°
Gas: $3.149 (Blacksburg, SC)