Roada Goes Camping

July 1, 2011

        I was given the opportunity to travel with Liz and Buck (AKA Mr & Mrs Frogquilter) to the beautiful mountains of North Carolina.  We camped at the KOA in Cherokee.  The weather was only slightly cooler.   They donned their waders and went fishing in the stream.  I was left all alone but the camper has a real good air conditioner so I was cool and comfortable.  Liz caught her limit every day in only a few hours.  Liz tempted me with her fish.

            On the way to Cherokee I saw a sign that said “Arts & Crafts Show”.  Saturday Liz and I drove to Cullowhee NC and attended the show aptly name “Welcome – 2011 Summertime - Fine Art & Craft Show” located in the Ramsey Center, Cullowhee NC.  All the artists were locals and displayed their amazing art. 

Liz bought this fantastic piece of glassware.  It’s beautiful!

I had a great adventure.  No fabric was bought but two quilts were bound while traveling in the truck.  Can I go camping with them next time?

Miles Traveled: 440                  Miles YTD: 1229

More adventures to come.
See you on the road,

Roada does GC Knight Bee 6-30-2011

I got back to Columbia just in time to go with the 'Columbia' group to Knight Bee.  I was soooooo glad that I went because they met first at Shealy's Bar B Que in Batesburg. If you have never eaten there you have not eaten Barbeque. They are known around the world for their food.

As always we were greeted with a smile. What wonderful people at Shealy's. Did you know that one of their claims to fame revolve around a 'pulley bone'? Do you know what that is? Some people call it a 'wish bone'.

I usually only eat herbs, green plants, twigs and some occasional bark, but, let me tell you, I could not pass this up.

When you sit down at the table the first thing you do is to order a big plate of pulley bones. I ordered 9 for the group that I was traveling with. Boy oh boy!!! were they ever good!!

Then I started in on my main meal. You just have to eat some of everything at Shealy's. I had a bit of barbeque pork, some hash and rice, a fried chicken liver, some mac and cheese, greenbeans and the list goes on-----all was washed down with the BEST sweet tea on the planet.

I did have to loosen my 'belly band' after all of that. (I need to talk to my handlers to see if I can just get a vest for my pins and such. This belly band really restricts my eating.) Due to the restriction I had to pass on stopping at the dessert bar........oh myyyyyyyyyyyy..........

What a plate!!!!

We all ate to much!!

After we finished eating we loaded into our cars (I really mean loaded) . We really needed to be assisted to the cars we had eaten so much. Joyce set me on the console of the surburban so that I could have a good view. We rode in a caravan following Liz to her house for our meeting.

I was formally introduced to the group and I told my story about how I had come to be so famous. Everyone was really impressed (boy this is really going to her head--Joyce).

Liz and Buck would be leaving for a weekend of trout fishing in Cherokee and thought it would be good for me to tag along. After discussion about safety and record keeping my handlers decided that I could go along. So, stay tuned for my trout fishing adventures----I hope Liz feeds me well----I love fish!!

So all in all I added another 80 miles with this trip. This brings my total tonight to 780 miles.