After being on the road for a month, we are still trying to settle into a routine... and not doing very well at it. LOL. But I will attempt to get you caught up on what we have been doing, since I would really like this blog to be more of a daily diary of what we are up to.
We left Jordan Lake on May 12th (Mother's Day) and traveled about 60-70 miles to Lake Reidsville Park & Campground. This campground is really beautiful, and we very much enjoyed spending our days walking around the property. Ed took an awesome photo of a Great Blue Heron catching a fish. You can see this picture on his website at http://www.gentleseas.com.
It was our intention that this location would allow us to adventure in the Greensboro, NC area. But it ended up being too far to drive to see much of anything. Although we did take one day to visit the Tannenbaum House and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Both great places. At Guilford Courthouse, we learned about the National Parks Passport book, bought one, and got our first National Park stamp!!
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We also saw another roadside attraction, although this one is famous and is all over Google... Shangri-La. And with such an awesome story behind it.
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2150 "Henry L. Warren was a retired tobacco farmer in 1968 when he began building leprechaun-size buildings in his side yard. He called it Shangri-La, and by the time he died nine years later (at age 84) the miniature town had 27 structures. Henry built solid, using rock he blasted from his own property. Shangri-La has a gym, bank, library, gas station, theater, and hotel. Henry reportedly worked on his tiny town from dawn to dusk, day after day, and at the same time used his considerable energy to incorporate 11,000 arrowheads into the walkways of his home. His wife once told us: "As long as he had a cigarette and a Coca-Cola, he'd keep building." A sign in front of Henry's house reads, "Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man." He died while working on Shangri-La's hospital."
So...we are giving a thumbs up to Lake Reidsville Park and Campground! What a great place to spend a few days!
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