{"id":959,"date":"2009-11-25T16:04:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=959"},"modified":"2009-11-26T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T02:33:07","slug":"959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"Leaving North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-960\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-960\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=960\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-960\" title=\"bryson city\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/bryson-city-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A quick stop in Bryson City.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/bryson-city-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/bryson-city-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quick stop in Bryson City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-966\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-966\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-966\" title=\"hardwarestore\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/hardwarestore-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Hardware store in Bryson City\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/hardwarestore-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/hardwarestore-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hardware store in Bryson City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-974\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-974\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-974\" title=\"DSC04128\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04128-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the river.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04128-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04128-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We left Asheville and drove through the mountains. It&#8217;s off-season, but it looked very touristy in parts. We stopped in Bryson City and found out that the road to Chattanooga in Tennessee was closed, so we decided to go south to Georgia instead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-963\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-963\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-963\" title=\"drugstore\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drugstore-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"American pharmacy.\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drugstore-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drugstore-1024x806.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American pharmacy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We weren&#8217;t in Georgia for long before we crossed over into South Carolina. We are headed for Savannah which is almost on the border between the two.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-961\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-961\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-961\" title=\"statepark\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/statepark-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Red soil by the water's edge.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/statepark-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/statepark-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red soil by the water&#39;s edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last night we stayed at our first State Park. It was excellent &#8211; clean and quiet and inexpensive &#8211; $16. I am having trouble using my Canadian credit card (with the chip that they don&#8217;t have down here) and my interact card (sometimes they want a zip code?). Better to have cash.<\/p>\n<p>Morgane made a friend and the two girls played together constantly until we left. We told the GPS to take us on the small roads and around lunchtime, we passed a lively looking restaurant \/ shop in the middle of nowhere (on a road called Due West).<\/p>\n<p>It was called Grits and Groceries and we had lunch there. Ghis had great fresh asparagus. I had shrimp and gravy and grits, but it was too salty to eat, so I had the quail and okra on grits instead which was much better. We didn&#8217;t have cash, but they said we could mail it once we got to Savannah, so we will.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_985\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-985\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-985\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=985\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-985\" title=\"DSC04150\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04150-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Love the t-shirt.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04150-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04150-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love the t-shirt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-986\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-986\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-986\" title=\"DSC04148\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04148-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Shrimp, gravy and grits.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04148-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04148-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shrimp, gravy and grits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-987\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-987\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-987\" title=\"DSC04149\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04149-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ghis loved his fresh asparagus salad.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04149-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04149-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghis loved his fresh asparagus salad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-988\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-988\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=988\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-988\" title=\"DSC04147\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04147-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"This is what caught our eye.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04147-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04147-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what caught our eye.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now we are still heading to the coast, but not in any rush. We are stopped in a very pleasant library where Morgane has made another fort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-964\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-964\" href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?attachment_id=964\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-964\" title=\"DSC04115\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04115-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"At Barnes and Nobles, Morgane lined up all the stuffed animals while I was updating my blog. Oops! The store employees were not too happy, but the customers thought it was cute!\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04115-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/DSC04115-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Barnes and Nobles, Morgane lined up all the stuffed animals while I was updating my blog. Oops! The store employees were not too happy, but the customers thought it was cute!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so we need to grocery shop since everything is supposed to be closed.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I forgot to mention is this is rocking chair country. Love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We left Asheville and drove through the mountains. It&#8217;s off-season, but it looked very touristy in parts. We stopped in Bryson City and found out that the road to Chattanooga in Tennessee was closed, so we decided to go south to Georgia instead. We weren&#8217;t in Georgia for long before we crossed over into South &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=959\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leaving North Carolina&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}