The Krugers and Leaving Boone

Well we got to see The Kruger Brothers.
They were absolutely brilliant. Great interplay between banjo and guitar, some of the best base playing I have heard and really accomplished singing. A great evening.
For example was interesting to hear the Motzart's Rudestki March played in Reggae style on a banjo and it sounded great.

So that was a great evening. To be followed by a cold night.
Tuesday was miserable, cold and snowy. Sally was very tired, so we spent a quiet day keeping warm. I finally gave in and went abought a second electric heater from Walmart. Wednesday was still cold, however I went to walmart to get yet another heater, because as is not unusual with Walmart, the first one didn't work properly. Sally and I also managed to get out and visit the Famous Mast General Store just outside of Boone. It was a big old general store that opened in 1883 and still looks pretty much the same today, though it has updated its product lines several times. They do a nice line in outdoor clothes. I even thought about a hat. The one that took my fancy was an oiled leather wide brimmed cowboy type hat, which though I am sure it was a snip at $39.95 (plus tax), I thought too expensive just to look good round the campfire. Right in the middle of the store was a big pot belly stove which we gratefully sat rounf for a bit, chatting to some visitors frm Pheonix, AZ. It turns out that their favourite author is James Herriot, quite close to home for us.
Thursday.

Today we left Boone early on Thursday, expecting to get to Greensboro, but we left so early (before 10.00, just) that before we knew it we were past Greensboro and able to get to one of the few State Parks in North Carolina which have water and electric hook-ups, Lake Falls. You can't book it, it is first come first served. So I was happy to get here on Thursday afternoon rather than Friday, when it may be busy.
As it is we have settled into a nice site, with a great view of the lake. We were able to collect wood and have a lovely camp fire, Sally enjoyed poking the fire with a stick, while I got the old BBQ out and we had a nice Beef Burger in a bun.
We sat out until the fire died and it got too cold to just sit.
we hope to be here for a couple of days and do some relaxing and some sight seeing round the Durham and Raleigh Area.