North Carolina, May 4-7, 2001
  
 
A North Carolina sojourn to celebrate my Father's 70th birthday...
 
Day 1
 
Leaving Seattle...
 
       
 
Day 2
 
My parent's and I drove from Charlotte up to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. We had lunch near Deep Gap, Doc Watson's hometown...
 
       
 
We then headed down the Blue Ridge Parkway to Grandfather Mountain and Linville. The Blue Ridge Parkway is as beautiful a road as any in America, even when foggy and hazy...
 
       
 
   
 
We stopped at the Linn Cove Viaduct, just below Grandfather Mountain's summit...
 
       
 
   
 
And the day concluded back in Charlotte with a birthday feast for Father at Sister Jan's home, the Casa de Hamilton...
 
        
 
   
   
Day 3
 
Downtown Charlotte with Hiroko...
     
 
At the Bayou Kitchen... 
 
Pete...
 
Randy...
 
Day 4
 
On the Thompson grounds with Baby Ralip...
 
     
 
Leaving Charlotte for Seattle...
 
Over Charlotte...
 
Atlanta.JPG (268611 bytes) Over Atlanta...

... then on to the Pacific Northwest...