Time to leave. We were to meet Patsy-Brenda at nearby King's around 11 and then head to Kevin's in VA after eating. The plan: check-out, make prints taken of the kids & us during this trip to give to Patsy during this lunch to give to my father to hang on the board on the wall at his nursing home. Instead, Mildred (father's wife) called, wanting us to go there for 1 last visit (he had toyed with the idea of giving me an old watch of his and wanted to do so without the "crowd" that made Mildred uncomfortable). We would be detouring to Snow Hill unexpectedly. Oh well, besides the fact that this would mean he'd see us and our kids one more time, I could make prints at the nearby Kerr Drugs and give the prints to him myself, versus just having Patsy pass them off. That all done, I called Patsy's to let them know I was running behind, got Roger (who had stayed home) and had him phone them on their cellulars so they'd know.

After lunch at King's (where I used to work, turns out my old boss "Annie" still worked there, someone told me), we were heading out but they wanted to get clothes at a nearby Goodwill for us & our kids, it caused us to run late, but we accepted the nice gesture. On the way to Kevin's got gas in Chapel Hill, it happened to be near the Dean Smith Center, we started to go there & have my wife take a photo of me there, but with traffic & such (especially during a time when basketball season is active) we passed. Heading to "Pilot Mountain," a scenic pull-off with photo opportunities, on the way to Kevin's at his suggestion. Got lost briefly in Winston-Salem as the exit we needed was closed & the GPS kept sending us back in the same mess, but after 10-15 odd minutes (during which time Kevin happened to call & got to hear me irritated) we found the detour signs & followed them, all was fine from there. After good photos at the Pilot Mountain (about 1 hour) we headed on to the hotel Kevin had gotten for us. (I was making a point to pay for everything myself on this trip, but my mother had spoken to me on the phone the day before & told me to accept any such help, so I did.) Kevin was going to meet us at the hotel, but as we got there late, he went on home saying he'd return the next morning. (Gallery=202)