Sights and Sounds of the South

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This blog is a tribute to my family Thanksgiving trip up to Wilkesboro, NC and the journey through western NC and north Georgia that brought us there...

I give you, sights and sounds of the South.  What can you expect when you leave the Perimeter?

SIGHT:  Lots of boiled peanut stands.  If you didn't grow up in the South, then you probably didn't think you could boil a peanut, much less think that you'd want to.
SOUND:  I kid you not, the Christmas song playing on the Western NC country station on the way back was "Santa's Got a Semi."
SIGHT:  Way too much "Indian" (Native American) collectables in roadside junk stores.  Who doesn't need a totem pole in their front yard to impress the neighbors?
SOUND:  Listening to the man at the quickie mart who is trying to set the Guiness world record for most cigarettes smoked in a lifetime negotiate with the cashier.
SIGHT:  Happy pigs on t-shirts advertising barbeque joints.  Do they not know that they're on the menu?
SOUND:  People who really believe they have to hold down their hand on their horns because you didn't hit the gas as soon as the light turns green.  A slight tap would work just as good.  Seriously.
SIGHT:  Christmas tree farms lining the NC High Country.  Very cool sight.
SOUND:  NC Southern accents with a bit of a mountain tone.  Hard to emulate online but cool to listen to.
SIGHT:  Obama's "Cash for Clunkers" program, have no fear, did not manage to take all of the old cars off the road.  There are plenty of "clunkers" left driving loud and proud.
SOUND:  See above.
SIGHT:  Good down home country cooking.
SOUND:  (satisfaction)

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Mike Tiemann said…
So true about the smiling pigs. They're everywhere!
7:28 PM
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