Getting Here

I've never much thought about how I got here. So many people use the metaphor of a "journey" to describe the process by which they took to get to this moment in time right here, right now. Luckily for me, my journey has always kept me in the state known for Tar Heels, Blue Devils, the long leaf pine and an infinite number of other descriptors. In short, my journey has always kept me here, at home.

Of course, I use the term home here generously because I am no longer a full-time resident of my hometown, St. Pauls. In fact, I am 50 minutes north in Harnett County on the outskirts of Buies Creek as I sit here typing this. However, the initials between my street address and zip code still read NC and as long as those two letters remain the same, I'm always home.

Since I am at home here in my state, I thought it would be useful to begin documenting where I've been  and where I'm going in my travels across the Old North State. In planning some future excursions around the state in the next few weeks, I realized how many places I had already been as well as how many places I would still like to visit.

From time to time, I will post on my adventures across this fair state and will offer suggestions on what to visit, where to stay, and what you must eat while there. Other times, I will post interesting facts that might pique my interest (and I hope yours too!) to finally get out and check out that place in NC that I've been saying I'll visit but never get around too.

Whether you're a lifelong North Carolinian like I am, or a transplant, or even just an interested outsider - I hope you will see just how vast, diverse, and beautiful this state is. There's a big backyard to this home of mine and I hope you'll join me as I explore it step by step.