Good map of the area - should not get lostMap showing the area - we should not get lost
Thank goodness, we found our way out
Map you walk on showing the Revolutionary battle fields
5/16/07
We have now traveled to High Point, NC. According to the information, the area derived its name because it is the highest area in the state. It is a nice little city with a real interesting downtown. I took pictures of some of the more recent architectural examples of their extreme engineering projects. One building appears to be the port side of a large, old ship. Another is the vehicle waiting area fully covered in thick Plexiglas but very nicely decorated with flowers. In the background is the convention center that is very attractive because it is not the normal straight front building so typical of these structures.
Backing up a little, we had dinner Monday night with good friends Joe and Francis Clayton in Charlotte. These folks worked with us last year at Carowinds Amusement Park in Charlotte. They are back for their 3rd summer – they are TOUGH! They have a daughter and grandkids not very far away, so this gives them a great place to stay and work while seeing family. We had dinner together. This was our first experience eating a chain that led us through the kitchen on the way to our table. The restaurant is made up of small rooms, so if you head out to the restroom and don’t remember in which room you were seated, a mistake Joe made one time, you can be in trouble. The meal was good, or maybe it was really good due to the company; we had a great time with them!
We did visit the Piedmont Environmental Center today. Generally this is a large forest area that has paths cut here and there. It appears the Boy Scouts have also had a hand in development of this facility. One project was a large plywood board showing the various trails and their names. We confidently headed out to walk the Dogwood trail, but to get there we had to walk another trail until the Dogwood trail which was the second trail intersection and turn right.
In theory this should work, but some of the trails that we encountered were not marked while some of the marked trails had their markings fade to the point you could not determine if the color you were checking was red, orange or more silver (the paint had almost totally faded or come off the base metal). Before it was over we were lost. In addition, we were the only people out on the trail. A few of my unused Boy Scout skills (even I find this questionable) came out and I remembered we had crossed a little creek on the way in. Finding ourselves at a lake, we kept following trails that stayed close to a creek. In awhile we topped a hill and found the bridge that had originally carried us over the creek. With that excitement, it was time to head for the house for the evening.
