December 4th Today rain was forecast but we didn't mind. It gave us a chance to play some cribbage watch some movies on Netflix and enjoy our time share. Ruthie let me win today so things were looking up.
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| The original stable. |
Dec 5,
Today we have big plans, a lite breakfast and we are on the way. Our first stop was at the museum accompanying the Tryon palace. Although we don't seek out museums we have found that some of them give us a better picture of the area and provide some interesting stories. We spent some time at Tyron Palace. Originally build by the British, Tryon very unpopular partially due to the extra taxes imposed to fund the building of the palace only lived in it a year before he was relocated to New York. During the American revolution it was taken over by the patriots. Once the North Carolina state capital it deteriorated after the capital was moved to Raleigh. Hay stored in the basement (can you believe it, who stores hay in a palace?) caught fire and it burned to the ground. Only the stable remained. In the 1930's a movement was started that took 29 years to complete. Using the original plans, (explain to me how they can do that, find plans from 1765. I can't find my Gold Wing magazine from last month. That would be "H.O.G." to you Harley riders.) buildings were moved, highways rerouted and bridges build to enable reconstructing the Palace on the original
foundation. It was furnished the way it was during its heyday. The tour guides were dressed in period costume's. And I for one thank them, it was very interesting, living history, the best kind. The gardens
were beautiful but of course I had to see the stable, their horses lived pretty good. A tour of the kitchen area gave me a chance to finally see how a spinning wheel operates. Ruthie was intrigued with the holiday decorations of fruit they way it would have been in that period.
We had been dodging a large group of children all day, in order to avoid being in the same house with them we took a walk downtown. It was fun to walk by the historic buildings, some had been turned into bed and breakfasts or offices. On the corner of the main street where we turned was the drug store where "Brads Drink" was invented in 1893. In 1903 he moved to a rented warehouse for production, sold close to 8,000 gallons of the syrup and 19,000 gallons the next. Advertised as healthful, what was it? Winner gets a half dozen of it.
Just down the street we stopped at MJ’s Raw Bar for a bite to eat while the school group dispersed. While there we received a call from daughter Michelle back home in Minnesota. The wind chill was 25 below, made us feel even warmer. We returned to tour the Dixon and Stanley houses. A couple of interesting tidbits, at one time 1 out of 4 people in North Carolina was a slave and the constitution considered a slave as 3/5 of a person. And that Mrs. Stanley was a shouting Methodist. Never had heard that term before. We had checked with a trolley company to do a narrated tour of the town and walked to the pick up point. Climbing on the tour bus we waited for it to begin. We were told that they had to have 6 to
complete the tour. I tried to help them with the count, lets see there are two of us, a lady from New Zealand, the driver and the narrator that's 5 should be close enough. No deal the wheels aren't turning. When will they learn? It's better to break even or lose a little in the interest of future business.
Disappointed that we couldn't take the tour we rode a stretch golf cart back to where we had parked the trike this morning. Bad choice, right in front of a sea food restaurant. Not much at home to eat, (excuse) the resort had recommended it (excuse) might as well go in and check it out. The Sting ray café turned into another fond memory for the day.
Nice meal and our waitress Ava kept calling us "baby" I'm thinking I like it. I went up to the register to pay our bill and the clerk asked if we had the trike outside. The next thing I knew I was telling Ruthie I was taking her for a short ride, initially it was to the end of the street, then around the block, then Roni said "we have to take this on the freeway". She directed me to the flyover and out to the freeway, a couple of bursts of speed a U-turn and back to the restaurant. Didn't seem long but Ruthie said it must have been half an hour. I was thinking she must be the manager or owner to leave like that then she said "I don't care if I do lose my job, this was worth it".
Guess that answers that. Another trike admirer in New Bern, an email from her later invited us to stop by next time we are in the area.
We had received a phone call from Desk services that a package had been received for us. We had been expecting a set of rain pants so it was not unexpected. Stopping at the resort office I was greeted by two friendly ladies while Ruthie waited on the trike. How do I know your Mr. Jeremy Chromer one of them asked? "Well that will be hard for me to prove" showing my license and blog card, "I believe that is from Cromer LLC to me, four names cool. I could have been a wise guy and mention that the recipient is usually in the center and not the upper left, but that's not like me. (Ruthie says, it is so like you) The receptionist had a personal question she wanted to ask me. (probably the reason for the mistake, get a little nervous when asked if they can ask a personal question). She said, "I’m recently divorced, is this your first or second marriage?" Where is this going anyway? Evidently she had heard we were riding on the trike for an extended period of time and wondered if we had grown to love to travel the way we do. Or had we both already liked traveling this way and found each other later in life? Good question, married for almost 50 years we had always had motorcycles, we had always loved to travel just never had the opportunity. Then around 2000 we discovered the touring motorcycles. A couple of years later we converted our bike to a trike and the riding increased. And now with retirement (the time) and traveling on a budget we have been able to combine the two for this extended winter trip. I hope she is able to find someone to enjoy her passion with, nice person.
foundation. It was furnished the way it was during its heyday. The tour guides were dressed in period costume's. And I for one thank them, it was very interesting, living history, the best kind. The gardens were beautiful but of course I had to see the stable, their horses lived pretty good. A tour of the kitchen area gave me a chance to finally see how a spinning wheel operates. Ruthie was intrigued with the holiday decorations of fruit they way it would have been in that period.
We had been dodging a large group of children all day, in order to avoid being in the same house with them we took a walk downtown. It was fun to walk by the historic buildings, some had been turned into bed and breakfasts or offices. On the corner of the main street where we turned was the drug store where "Brads Drink" was invented in 1893. In 1903 he moved to a rented warehouse for production, sold close to 8,000 gallons of the syrup and 19,000 gallons the next. Advertised as healthful, what was it? Winner gets a half dozen of it.
Just down the street we stopped at MJ’s Raw Bar for a bite to eat while the school group dispersed. While there we received a call from daughter Michelle back home in Minnesota. The wind chill was 25 below, made us feel even warmer. We returned to tour the Dixon and Stanley houses. A couple of interesting tidbits, at one time 1 out of 4 people in North Carolina was a slave and the constitution considered a slave as 3/5 of a person. And that Mrs. Stanley was a shouting Methodist. Never had heard that term before. We had checked with a trolley company to do a narrated tour of the town and walked to the pick up point. Climbing on the tour bus we waited for it to begin. We were told that they had to have 6 to |
| Roni's ride, note the "air horn". |
Disappointed that we couldn't take the tour we rode a stretch golf cart back to where we had parked the trike this morning. Bad choice, right in front of a sea food restaurant. Not much at home to eat, (excuse) the resort had recommended it (excuse) might as well go in and check it out. The Sting ray café turned into another fond memory for the day.
Nice meal and our waitress Ava kept calling us "baby" I'm thinking I like it. I went up to the register to pay our bill and the clerk asked if we had the trike outside. The next thing I knew I was telling Ruthie I was taking her for a short ride, initially it was to the end of the street, then around the block, then Roni said "we have to take this on the freeway". She directed me to the flyover and out to the freeway, a couple of bursts of speed a U-turn and back to the restaurant. Didn't seem long but Ruthie said it must have been half an hour. I was thinking she must be the manager or owner to leave like that then she said "I don't care if I do lose my job, this was worth it".
Guess that answers that. Another trike admirer in New Bern, an email from her later invited us to stop by next time we are in the area.
We had received a phone call from Desk services that a package had been received for us. We had been expecting a set of rain pants so it was not unexpected. Stopping at the resort office I was greeted by two friendly ladies while Ruthie waited on the trike. How do I know your Mr. Jeremy Chromer one of them asked? "Well that will be hard for me to prove" showing my license and blog card, "I believe that is from Cromer LLC to me, four names cool. I could have been a wise guy and mention that the recipient is usually in the center and not the upper left, but that's not like me. (Ruthie says, it is so like you) The receptionist had a personal question she wanted to ask me. (probably the reason for the mistake, get a little nervous when asked if they can ask a personal question). She said, "I’m recently divorced, is this your first or second marriage?" Where is this going anyway? Evidently she had heard we were riding on the trike for an extended period of time and wondered if we had grown to love to travel the way we do. Or had we both already liked traveling this way and found each other later in life? Good question, married for almost 50 years we had always had motorcycles, we had always loved to travel just never had the opportunity. Then around 2000 we discovered the touring motorcycles. A couple of years later we converted our bike to a trike and the riding increased. And now with retirement (the time) and traveling on a budget we have been able to combine the two for this extended winter trip. I hope she is able to find someone to enjoy her passion with, nice person. 
Hi Vern and Ruthie: I have thought of you two often. Will send you an email and catch up an all your excitement soon. Happy travels!!!
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Thanks Roni, We think of you often also. Fun times, We hope to return to New Bern on some future winter trip.
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Vern and Ruthie
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