Adventures of the Antirider Rider

… and boy are my arms tired!  Yuk yuk yuk… I’ve been wanting to try this spot for a couple of years. Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe is in a weird spot where you wouldn’t expect a lunch place.  It’s located on the outskirts of downtown Charlotte but right across from the hospital. The hospital part is [...]

Looks like a cassette but really it’s an… …iPhone in disguise!  Thanks to my BFF Chad for yet another amazing and thoughtful “add-on” gift.  The only weird thing is when you’re holding this, it looks like you’re just staring a cassette. Problem: down toward the bottom of the bag, it’s hard to get to the [...]

I know this looks like I photoshopped this onto the image but this is a clear sticker affixed firmly to the interior of our balcony door. Classic C story:  I go to hang my purse on my very cool purple bling purse hook but when I go to hang it on the rail, the rail [...]

The nice thing about a weekend getaway is there is no schedule.  As we’re rolling along to the beach, we stumble across a bookstore going out of business.  I imagine small town bookstores are dying rapidly these days.  Even the big giants like Borders can’t keep up with e-media and internet sellers like Amazon.com. The [...]

Julie and I enjoy our dinners out on coupons as a way to keep in touch.  We get seated on the second floor with a nice view of the downstairs tables at 300 East.   The food doesn’t disappoint here as she orders a bacon burger with pimento cheese and surprise!  I order the steak [...]

When it’s your birthday, you get to do whatever you want and you call all the shots.  Here Russell is inspecting this Mitsubishi air conditioner.  For all the time I talk about purses, Russell likes to talk about air conditioners. Terrace Café has so many delicious choices, he doesn’t know what to choose! We start [...]

Real carrots.  Real carrots from the garden.  Real BIG carrots from the garden.  Notice the perspective next to the sink drain.   I arrive to see that Brendan has quite the spread set up for cooking.   He’s even using a cook book printed on real paper and bound into a real book.  Brendan is [...]

It’s true.  I put on a pair of jammies and hopped into an RV with four other guys for forty hours straight.  Here Rick shows off his American sized travel cup. Dave stands watch with the big truck and big engine.   This is what we call Mission Control where Rick is running two laptops, [...]

It’s a good thing the RX has a luggage rack.  The SUV is packed with five peeps and lots of stuff as we head to the casino.   Richard tells Russell the food choices are something Asian and Fatburger.  Russell says: oh she won’t like the Asian place, we’ll go to Fatburger.  After all what Asian [...]

Russell wakes up to tourists and families taking photos outside the RV because what starts out as an empty parking lot in the middle of the night turns out to be the middle of the parking lot at a museum. This town consists of a coffee and gift shop combo, gas station, post office, and [...]

The next day starts with the sun shining on the RV and R1. Why is there this moss? Russell loves the beach and to think by himself on the rocks. More shots of our beach view. Before we get the big truck back on the road, Russell has to make sure all of the mirrors [...]

Imagine living in an RV parked right next to the beach. As soon as you step outside, there is nothing between you and the beach – no construction, no people, nothing. I meet Kristen and Brian.  Today is Kristen’s first motorcycle ride as she rented a Honda Rebel 250 to cruise up and down the [...]

I love palm trees and here are palms galore! Now trade in palms for wind towers. I love this photo and I find it even more amazing that I’m able to shoot from a moving truck! Sometimes I get lucky with the composition. Wind towers everywhere!   Russell and his passenger.   We find a [...]

Where are my keys? OR Why are you taking another photo?  <– pick your own caption Russell’s dad says we’re going to a place that sells pies.  I ask are pies like pizzas or something else?   As soon as we enter the dining area, I immediately think Pines in Sparta, NC. Notice the crowd [...]