land of the pine
this is almost a follow up to the last blog. once again speaking on NC. i have never felt that nc would be a place to live in my adulthood but i have apparently been selling my state short. i'll probably give a longer more thought out explanation of things later....but as far as cool things go we have a lot there. maybe the mountains arent quite as big, and the lakes are a little smaller, the rivers and beaches elsewhere are just as nice, buuuut you dont have to drive 5-7 hours to get from one to the other in nc. ocean, lake, mountain, etc. are all within at most a couple hour drive. i love it. i now really like my state. just so you know.
Posted in: on Thursday, June 22, 2006 at at 2:21 AM
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Kevin I know what you mean! When my husband and I moved to Oklahoma last year, I felt like I couldnt get away from North Carolina (we actually lived in south, but they are the same) fast enough. I knew that if I never saw another 1,000 foot pine tree again I would be fine. I hated the sandy dirt. I hated the insane green and yellow pollen...
(let me say that I was REALLY looking forward to being away from the pines. then when we get to oklahoma there is a pine growing directly outside my bedroom window. mind you, it's totally different than the east coast/southern ones...but hows that for irony)
Anyway- when we went back to visit NC again, I was blown away by how beautiful the pine trees were...even if they block the sunset, I misssed my sandy dirt and the insane humidity..
All this to say, I know exactly what this blog was talking about. I coulda just said that and ended but I'm a girl of many words...
Also does this mean you are back in NC and finished with the road trip already?
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