Go 'Canes!

First things first. Before we left Chapel Hill for Raleigh we stopped at a sporting goods store to get some Carolina Hurricanes flags for Red. The colors matched very nicely.

Since neither Steve nor I had much of an idea where to go in Raleigh, we headed towards downtown. We stopped at a park and found a fireman who looked really parched, in fact, he looked like he hadn't had a drink in years.


Right nextdoor to the park was the Raleigh newspaper. We headed over there but apparently "the newsroom cannot accept any donations." I guess thats an O.K. policy for a media outlet, but really, who could turn down a cold Cheerwine on a hot day--this is coming from a journalism major.


After that we moved Red and started walking around and found a man dancing to a band on a street corner. We handed him a drink and he didn't even miss a beat.




We also ran in to some mounted cops who were Hurricane/Cheerwine fans themselves. The horse's name is Flash, a name which I am partial to because its my dog's name. I love my dog so I thought he deserved to be on here too.

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We made our way over to N.C. State and drove around and through the campus a bit, stopping once or twice to hit some of the many construction sites. We ended up going out a road that led us to a brand new park. We grabbed our flags and filled up a backpack cooler of Cheerwines. We met some folks fishing and some on the trail. Here's a picture of me and Corey taking a drink break.


We drove around town more and stopped at a few parks including one called Pullen Park that had a small train that's track went all over the park. We came back to Chapel Hill to get some rest before a long drive tomorrow. (Canes were up 3-2 whe I wrote this.)

--Sam