The Fun Begins…
Memorial Day weekend is the official kick-off weekend for the summer! It’s definitely the traveling weekend for the beach and any other hot vacation spots.
I’m not actually going to the beach, but the country. I LOVE the country. My cousin and her husband recently relocated to Greensboro, NC. It’s interesting because although they live in the country, they’re still close to civilization, the city I mean.
Let me start with the drive. A lot of people get head starts on their travel because EVERYONE is on the road. BUT, the drive from Portsmouth, VA to Greensboro, NC is a calm, peaceful one. For one, the only interstate, if that’s what you want to call it, to take in VA is 58 and there’s never any traffic. It’s just a nice drive through the countryside. Of course once you get into Carolina you’re on actual highway, but it’s still not congested.
There’s plenty to do in the TRIAD area. During the day I’ll probably catch a minor league baseball game. Since the Greensboro Grasshoppers have away games the entire weekend we’ll roll down the way to a Winston-Salem Dash game. And I can’t go on vacation without shopping. The actual city part has plenty of shopping, outlets and indoor malls alike.
And there’s some good sight seeing. Greensboro holds a lot of history. It’s nice to just be able to drive around and take all of the scenery in. It’s so pretty, fields of green, houses separated by almost a mile, farms, cows, horses, I could go on…
Of course we can’t forget the nightlife. The general consensus is that Greensboro doesn’t have much nightlife. Now if you’re in to going to upscale clubs, then no, Greensboro is NOT for you. But I like the fact that EVERYONE is so down to earth and so friendly. We just hit up the nearby bars and chat it up with the locals. People treat you like family and you can’t get that up north.
Well, I hope everyone has as good a Memorial Day weekend as I’m going to have.
