Football and Exploring the Sand-hills of NC

Monday, September 09, 2019
Sycamore Lodge Resort, North Carolina, United States
SATURDAY   Sept 7
We knew this area of the Carolina’s are known for the history with the NASCAR support and history but on Saturday we discovered we got over the air TV and subsequently football!! And the love of football is pretty strong in this area also! Basketball may be a bit stronger but plenty of football support too!
The LSU vs TEXAS game was on TV a great game and Deb and I enjoyed the TV game and we were really happy that both our “home” teams, Bucks and Bama, easily defeated their opponents!  I can say I really didn’t think I was missing TV until the games showed up ! Of course usually we watch TV in the motor home via satellite but this year we changed providers (Direct to Dish) and we didn’t bring our Dish with us! We survived more than 8 weeks without TV but then again,,,,……
Sunday and Monday Sept. 8 and 9
While out driving Sunday, looking at scenery, we “Discovered” that we were in the artist pottery area and several smaller roads were identified as “Pottery Highway”. We were enjoying the rolling hills and area closer to the coast, but by the time we realized we were in pottery country it was a little too late in the day to explore!
Monday
We decided to go back and with a map, see if we could discover this pottery history. Well, the first several stops were closed but we did discover Bulldog Pottery ( no Joke that was the lucky name) and we drove back into the woods a good way to find a rustic artist shop open! Deb went in, while Jake and I waited in the Jeep fighting off the various biting bugs! NO ONE WAS there but the beautiful art was lit up on display in this old building.
Soon, a real nice man showed up and began discussing the history of pottery making in North Carolina and some of the really beautiful examples he and his daughter had made as well as a few other collectables! There is the “KEY word”  collectable = pricey!  But I did find a $600 plate that looked impressive and some $60 cups to sip Wal Mart or Winn Dixie wine from!
He directed us to some more mainline shops not off the road, that were more in line with the budget if not the taste we had indicated and told us most of the artist shops were closed on Sunday and Monday to allow for being open on Saturday! Then his little pug size dog discovered Jakey in the Jeep and ran over to greet Jake! It was so cute to see a dog, maybe 12 inches tall, try to reach up 5 feet to say hi to a Lab! His sweet owner picked him up and held him to the window for the doges to greet one and other.
Let’s admit that we drove South before North and East before West, but just short of Virginia it seems we found a open store that had a good variety in Seagrove N.C. Deb found an item or two and I found a Christmas “reason for the season” sign! All and all we found there is a lot more in this area if your able to drive the back roads into the trees a way, and you may be surprised by the things you find!
We did consider a movie in Fayetteville but it was the date the President was flying into Fayetteville so we figured another day for a movie would be less traffic!*-
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