Traipsing North Carolina

Beautiful coastline of North Carolina

 Near Surf City.

Rolling riptides on this day.

Stopping in Kinston, NC 

and tried out the dough burger.

 A bit of Civil War history

 from Kinston.

 We always try to at least stop by the

 LCMS church as we move through cities.

 Next it was on to Wilson, North Carolina.
Our Redeemer is a beautiful stone church.

 Love the Luther's Rose
 stain glass window.

It sits right on the edge of the
 parking lot for Barton College.

Sort of by accident we stumbled across

 the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park 

near downtown Wilson.

Folk art fun and a really neat story 
of a humble man just sharing his talent.

                                                         photo from their website

And if you are looking for Fine antiques 
you just have to stop at 
Boone Antiques in Wilson.
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 I have seen a lot of antique stores
 in my time and this was beyond amazing.
Over 4 acres of inventory.

A bit of the history: (from their website)

Our dad, Edgar Boone, started Boone’s Antiques, Inc.

 in Wilson, North Carolina all the way back in the early 1950s. 

At the time he was a tobacco auctioneer; 

buying and selling antiques was just a small side business. 

But all that changed in 1961 

when he went to England for the first time. 

While there, he discovered a whole new world in antiquing, 

and immediately saw the potential of 

buying and selling antiques in large quantities. 

As soon as he got back, 

he went to work expanding the business.

Branch stores opened in other states,

 but have now consolidated into the original location. 

His sons, Tom and Doug, now run the business.

All in all- fun places to visit in North Carolina.