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A Visit to Mayberry
Tuesday, shortly after noon, the missus and I left home and headed for Mayberry Campground near Mt Airy, North Carolina. It started raining as soon as we hit the interstate, and it rained all the way to the campground, which was a nearly 200-mile trip.
The photo is of our camper after we finished setting up in our site.
If you're not familiar with Mt Airy, it is the hometown of Andy Griffith. Yes, the Andy Griffith of the long-running television show set in Mayberry, North Carolina.
Though the show was filmed in California, the town of Mayberry was based on Andy's memories of his hometown, as were many of the characters in the show.
On our first night in camp, we stayed in, cooked dinner here, and watched TV.
Wednesday, the rain let up enough for us to take a nice walk around part of the campground and stop by the Camp Store. It was there that the missus spotted a miniature lighthouse and decided I was going to get it for her as an early Mother's Day present.
While it may look good next to the camper, it will not be traveling with us once we get it home.
The missus worked remotely from the camper on Wednesday and Thursday. To do so, she monopolized the dinette table. I was using a TV tray as my desk. The drawback was being unable to dual screen. I have become spoiled, having not two but three screens at home. Being limited to my laptop screen was frustrating.
Her solution was to buy a small camp table at the Camp Store, which I did. At first, I was using it with the tray. Eventually, I realized the laptop and the second screen would fit on the table and retired the tray.
Dinner Wednesday evening was with our club at a local rib and steak restaurant called 13 Bones (13 bones being the…
