A great tour of Salisbury NC.and some Cheerwine, actually a softdrink!

Where are we today ?

Salisbury North Carolina

        A mild morning and slightly overcast, maybe rain, but I think not. So the four of us decided to wander into town and check out the local farmer's market.

        Around the corner on the way to the market we passed this 6,000 square foot mural historical mural that was painted from 1978-1981depicting life at the turn of the century. The characters were modeled after local citizens. It is an impressive mural and was touched up in 2010 by local artists, to read the article click here.

        Then around the corner to the Salisbury farmer's Market. A little disappointing but hey got us out for a walk in the morning air.

recycled feed bags

cool birdhouses

        Next stop was the visitor center to check out the narrated Trolley tour around town. We had an hour to wait so did a walkabout on our own until tour time.

interesting store fronts

wonder if its a relative?

Old courthouse and Museum c.1855

Yadkin House hotel 1913, next to train station is
 now apartments

Salsbury Train Station 1908,  now renovated for conference centre
still 7 Amtrack trains a day stop here.

beautiful shrubs by the sidewalk, I believe is Holy
correct me if I am wrong.

new courthouse 1921

Now back to the visitor center and the Trolley arrives, almost a full load today for their last run of the season.

        So we hopped on and were overloaded with great scenery, facts and history of this wonderful town, for about 75 minutes. Well done.

        The Fulton-Mock Blackmer house below has an interesting recent history click here  

 fake window in the huge chimney 

impressive looking mansion

Salisbury National Cemetery

mosaic wall mural

Us in the trolley

Trolley ride done

        Now our ride was done and it was very informative and worthwhile too. So we gonna head back home for lunch, but first a stop at the store to pick up a bottle of Cheerwine to taste. This is a softdrink created locally in 1917 read about it here, almost tastes either like a cherry coke or Dr. Pepper but is pretty good. So if you see it around its worth a try.

Cheerwine,
A great tasting soft drink!

We being "Happy for an hour"

especially "Lady Girl"

Now supper is my version of
a "Pork Stroganoff'

        Then a wonderful sunset here in the mountains of North Carolina.

        Hurricane Sandy? We are keeping a close eye out and are 325 miles from the shore and about 1,500 ft above sea level, so looks like all is good here. Safe and sound in a nice resort, we just wait until it passes by us then we head south to Florida. Today ended up  no wind and no rain so all is good here. Monday should be good for us to head further south.

        Thanks for your concerns and stopping by, a wonderful day here, a bit overcast and about 65f (18c) so all is good.

        So take care and enjoy your days we are having a ball !

Check out the map below to see where we have been this winter

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