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Concord Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Concord, United States
Racing Mecca!
This is a top pick! ... next logical step for the owners of these cars was to race them. These races were popular entertainment in the rural Southern United States, and they are most closely associated with the Wilkes County region of North Carolina. Most races in those days ...
Wednesday 25 June
This is a top pick! Wednesday 25th June After breakfast as we were just about to head away I went round the right side of the van to put something in one of the outside lockers only to find a gaping hole where a vent cover should normally be ( external fridge vent ...
24 hours in New Hampshire
This is a top pick! I took the 90 minute bus ride up to New Hampshire to visit Jenny (another cousin) and her family for the day. While their oldest, Megan, is still at school, Jason and Katie were still around, and again, have changed quite a lot since I last saw them 10 ...
__01____wide eyed and dreaming____
i suppose this trip has been a long time coming. or maybe it has just felt that way. looking all the way back to the second grade - when my parent's friends from Sydney, Australia came to visit - i've had the urge to travel down under. ...
Where is old Hampshire?
... and serving the people rather than their own special interests. The council seems to have worked well for them. After leaving Concord, I made my way to Plymouth, NH and spent the afternoon doing my laundry, washing my car, and stopping at a ...
Hanging out with family
Made it to my cousins with all my limbs and digits. We rode through the Redwood Forest and down the cost. There were amazing views and big ass trees. Once I got to my cousin's house I did some high tech repairs with some shoe goo. Lets hope I sealed it ...
Mt Pleasant
We stop at our sons home for a visit on our way home. Also I took off the truck grill guard and the extra fuel tank to store until the next trip next year. Also we had to check out Tom's new family member Mason the dog.Then we headed south on the last ...
Two more days of work...four days to go...
Only four more days to go, including just two workdays. The travel plan has been finalized and solidified and set in stone, and what's more, it's extremely colorful (aha! all of those Microsoft Excel classes I took years ago have finally paid a ...
Our Thank You's
No amount of wishing, or dreaming for that matter, will extend this adventure (believe me, I've been trying ever since I went back to work on October 9th), so it's finally time for me to post our "Thank You's" and acknowledgements. Also, let it be ...
Ten Days To Go
... , just ten more days... After over a year and a half of reading, research and long-distance planning between Concord, California and London, England, innumerable emails, and biweekly phone calls, the trip schedule has finally solidified into a ...
Smoggy California
Left Tehachapi early in the morning bound for Jessie & Nick's house on the outskirts of San Francisco. I drove through one of the agricultural meccas of the US, the center of Cali. It was cool to see the lemon trees all ...
"Here once the embattled farmers stood" - Emerson
... fire on the militia, killing eighteen men. The militia was greatly outnumbered and quickly scattered. Upon reaching Concord, the British had begun searching the town. When the troops discovered cannons and other weapons they started to ...
The road less traveled
... for. New Hampshire's legislature is the largest in the country - more than 400 seats! Canterbury Shaker Village is in Concord. Also the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, a memorial to the nation's first teacher in space. There is skiing nearby, in the ...
On the Road
I could not sleep last night. I just got home from a trip to New Orleans to bid my grandmother farewell, as she passed away this past week, and the anxiety surrounding this event inhibited my ability to snooze. My husband originally set our ...
Headed Home
On the whole this brief weekend getaway was just the antidote to the grief I had been feeling over my grandmother's passing. The bright colors of stucco exteriors, as well as the palm leaves rustling in the summer breeze lifted my spirits, if only ...
WOO-HOO! Cold nights, WoO Racing!
The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway is hosting the World Championships of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car, Modifieds, and Late Models classes. We've parked our motorhome in a dry camping lot across the road from the Dirt Track ...
13 days left...
Ok, I am seriously feeling like I am really far behind, but that will change! Spending all of next week sorting through the rest of my stuff at the condo. I have limited myself to two storage boxes to keep. The rest is going to Good Will. There is ...
Are we there yet?
It looks like this trip is for real! Our travel agent, Holly, bravely came to our house to meet with Tahiti/Bobcat group. I say this because there was a "small" glitch in Craig and Cathy's accomodations on Huahine. Of course, small was the adjective ...
Reliving the American Revolution
... life in Concord. I should also note that the road we were driving on had been the same road the the Bedford/Lexington/Concord minutemen had marched down in the Revolutionary War, very exciting! At this point we were getting a little hungry (or I was ...
Tom and Janell's
At Tom's and Janell's we spend 10 days getting the truck ready for our trip by building a grill guard and Tom already build a fuel tank to set in the back of the truck. I finished off the pump system. Attached are pictures of the truck when it was ...
Getting Ready
Hey, I finally found housing for my semester in Ireland. I will be living in a twin bedroom at Menlo Park Apartments. Menlo is about a 15 minute walk into down town Galway and about 20 minutes from the University. Also I just got my plane ticket ...
Five Days and Counting...
Hello! This is my first entry in my travelogue, and I must say I'm excited about sharing everything I do over the next few months with everybody. Not only that, but it'll provide me with a diary of sorts to keep track of everything I do so I won't be ...
Getting Started
Planning to hit the road at the crack of dawn. We're really excited about this trip and can't wait to get ...
Dirt Track Racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway
We moved the hour from Advance, NC to Concord (near Charlotte), so we could easily attend The Colossal - a two day dirt modified race that attracts racers from all over with its $50,000 to win grand ...
Celebration in San Francisco
Celebration in San Francisco As I prepare to leave VA Va and Kaci in Los Angeles, I pray a different ride prayer. Dear Lord, bless me and Bonnie, as we witness your magnificent work and wonder at your splendor. Please tell the Wind Titan to leave ...
Concord & Portsmouth NH
... to buy a map, I seized it - I also bought a jumper for $6! I got back just too late to make it to the Seder Meal at my hosts church - St Paul's in Concord. I am however looking forward to tomorrow night's at the home of the local ...
1st Day of my promotional tour with Toyota Trucks
... nbsp; We were picking up this tour from the previous group who was running it for the past couple of weeks. In Charlotte (Concord) they worked the NASCAR event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. This event included a dirt track with hills and high ...
West New Hampshire
Went on a tour suggested by the state tourism website taking in some lovely scenery and quaint towns. This is beautiful area with endless forests punctuated by deep blue lakes and quaint little towns that live up to the post card images of white ...
Made it to Concord
... for them and means that I won't be seing so much of Kate. I have the prospect of attending a Seder meal with the parish tomorrow evening and another one at the home of the local Rabbi on friday! I'm looking forward to exploring Concord tomorrow. ...