Exploring North Carolina with KathieyV

Let's get ready for the weekend.....Here are just a few ideas.... *Thursday July 13 you can attend Peach Day at the NC State Farmers Market in Raleigh NC. *Saturday July 15 is the China Gove 36th Annual Farmers Day Festival in China Gove NC.
* NC Peach Festival will be in Candor NC July 15th. *July 14 and 15 you can get up close with some of the animals at Mountain Wildlife Days in Cashiers NC.
*In Carrboro NC they are having The Sixteenth Annual Acme Tomato Festival.
*Wine and Cocktail Workshop at the Eddy Pub in Saxapahaw NC.  I have been to The Eddy Pub and Fair Game Beverage Co...both places are great.
*Friday July 14th at 5pm is Hoopla, Party in the Park at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh.
Lets not forget the special holidays that are coming up...
July 13-Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
July 14-National Nude Day
July 15-Tapioca Pudding Day...My mom used to make it all the time:-)
July 16-National Ice Cream Day
July 17-Peach Ice Cream Day
July 18-National Caviar Day....I have tri…

I am always looking for new adventures.  I recently came across an interesting place, while searching online,  Calaboose Cellars in Andrews NC. First off, where is Andrews NC?  It is way out there in western NC.   Calaboose is a slang term used for jail, prison, dungeon.  A term usually used to describe a local lockup.
Luckily, in the Calaboose Cellars, you will not find bad guys but you will find wine and beer. According to their website they are.... Check out their wine list.... and here you can find information on the beer.

Fourth of July weekend was upon us.  Stephanie, Maggie and I decided to go check out a local fireworks venue.



And Happy Day they had food trucks.  It is always difficult to choose just one truck.  We looked at our options and decided to go with The Wandering Moose.  I love the logo.

"serving slow cooked meats, scratch-made sauces, and fresh sides" (Above quote and logo from their website)
We looked over the menu.....
We had to try the Smokey Bacon Mac N Cheese.  So good!  Yummy chunks of bacon all in a creamy mac and cheese sauce. Maggie loved it and licked the bowl clean.  I would most definitely order that again!  
"Smokey Bacon Mac N Cheese Creamy mac n cheese with home-made bacon chunks" Wandering Moose


Stephanie ordered... "The Moose Cubano

July 05, 2017 Let's get ready for the weekend.  Here are just a few things to do in NC....
*July 6-9 you can attend the NC Blackberry Festival in Lenoir NC.
*Friday July 7th from 6:30pm-9pm you can dance in the streets at the Mountain Street Dance in Waynesville NC. *Saturday July 8th go to the 54th Coon Dog Day in Saluda NC. *Saturday July 8 you can go to an Arts and Crafts Festival in Maggie Valley NC. *July 8th from 10am-4pm there is a Cantaloupe Festival in Ridgeway NC.  I have never been to a cantaloupe festival but I love cantaloupe.
*July 6-9 attend the GrandFather Mountain Highland Games.  Celtic food, fun, competition and music all in the beautiful setting of the NC Mountains.  *Friday July 7 Doyle's Vineyard is hosting an outdoor movie. The Princess Bride, it's a classic:-) *A nice recurring Sunday afternoon event is the Jazz Brunch in Hillsborough NC.  It is from 11am-1pm at Weaverstreet Market.
Let's not forget the upcoming holidays... I will try to honor at…

For weeks all my daughter, from MomUnglued,  has talked about is Buoy Bowls.  She would go on about how wonderful they were.  She would stalk them to find out where they would be on what felt like a daily basis.  I finally gave in and said "Ok, I want to give them a try".  So off we went and I was not disappointed. They were amazing. You will see quotes from their website in purple print, to match their truck:-)
"Buoy Bowls is the end result of an obsession with Acai Bowls  that first started on a surf trip to San Diego, California in 2005." "...he discovered the Acai Bowl- a bowl of frozen purred acai berries topped  with a variety of fresh fruit and honey. It was absolutely love at first bite!"
"Our acai bowls and smoothies are made using the freshest organic and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible."
As you can see Maggie loves them too... My favorite was the Surfs Up Bowl.  Chocolatey fruity goodness in a bowl.   If you live in the Raleigh D…

Cindy and I were out and about again looking for adventure.  We came across the World Famous Frisbee Dog/DiscConnected K9s that were displaying their skills at the Freedom Balloon Fest in Fuqua-Varina NC.  Here is what they say on their website...

"The Disc-Connected K9s began rescuing dogs in 1992.All of our current performing dogs are rescued; meaning they have all come from either homeless, sheltered, rescued, adopted or abandoned backgrounds. We make the determination (and have all most stayed true) about whether or not we are personally going to keep a dog, or process them through our program and find them new homes. With few exceptions, this has been successful for us."

You can also adopt some of their dogs.  They do their best to find the dog and the family a good adoption match. 


These dogs are skilled and amazing to watch.






















I found in watching the show that it was not just the dog that was agile.  Look at this trainer showing his agility skills.....



After the show I met…