2021 quick trips – part 33: visit to NW Georgia friends
After a few days at home to catch up on laundry and cooking, we got back on the road again to visit some long-time friends who have moved back to...
2021 quick trips – part 34: Raleigh’s Raulston Arboretum
After our quick trip to northwest Georgia to see our friends, we spent a couple of days at home before taking off to see our friend Susie in Raleigh. She...
2021 quick trips – part 35: Raleigh’s Mordecai Historic Park’s history up to the Civil War
Since our friend Susie knows how much I like history, she’s always on the lookout for new historical places to take us around Raleigh. She hit a homerun this trip...
2021 quick trips – part 36: Raleigh’s Mordecai Historic Park’s history from the Civil War to today
As we continued walking through the view of history in Raleigh and the nation through the eyes of the Mordecai family, we’re starting with the time period of the Civil...
2021 quick trips – part 37: Raleigh’s Mordecai Historic Park
This historic park is on the last remaining acres of the former Mordecai Plantation that was historically one of the largest in Wake County. At its height in 1860, the...