What a great night at the Mudcats last night. My father in law Jim , and my two boys Conor and Rory and myself headed off to the stadium. If you don't know where it is, it is literally thirty mins. from Archer Lodge, forty mins. from Clayton and from Raleigh you can be there in no time with the new highways.
Being Monday night we had our pick of the seats.. so we picked right behind home plate! You digging it? The weather was great, the game was exciting with the Mudcats beating the Tennessee Smokies 8-1 with the help of a couple of homeruns.
The Mudcats have great deals like $ hotdogs on Wednesdays and $ beers on Thursdays, here is a link to their website, check it out. http://carolina.mudcats.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t249
It is a great time out and it won't break the bank. You can watch us here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/davidorealtor#play/all/uploads-all/0/32TM8jrBlkA
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Archer Lodge July 4th Fun Day
We live in the soon to be incorporated town of Archer Lodge, we have a Clayton mailing address so most people are not aware of this amazing community
We went to their great parade which was followed up by Carolina bbq sandwiches from the pig cook off, bought our t-shirts, raffle tickets for a John Deere tractor (we did not win), headed home for naps and the pool at The Pineville Club which we just joined. At 8.30 it was back down to the community center for the fireworks, people come from all over for these fireworks as I believe they have been doing them for a while. We parked on the side of the road...everyone does and watched a fantastic fireworks display. We hopped in the van and we were home in 5 mins.
Great job Archer Lodge we had a great 4th of July... Thanks for all your work!
Video to follow.
We went to their great parade which was followed up by Carolina bbq sandwiches from the pig cook off, bought our t-shirts, raffle tickets for a John Deere tractor (we did not win), headed home for naps and the pool at The Pineville Club which we just joined. At 8.30 it was back down to the community center for the fireworks, people come from all over for these fireworks as I believe they have been doing them for a while. We parked on the side of the road...everyone does and watched a fantastic fireworks display. We hopped in the van and we were home in 5 mins.
Great job Archer Lodge we had a great 4th of July... Thanks for all your work!
Video to follow.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Fastest growing cities...
In a government report released today New Orleans was the fastest growing city in America with a population gain of 8.2%. In third place was Cary, North Carolina which had a remarkable 6.9% gain which translates into over 8000 new people. Raleigh, North Carolina came in at #8 with a gain of 3.8% which is a gain of over 14,000 new people moving in in a year.
It shows that despite the downturn this area still attracts people in respectable numbers, brought by the weather, family , jobs, cost of living, affordable housing etc. It will be interesting to see the numbers for the surrounding towns of Clayton, Garner, Smithfield etc.
It shows that despite the downturn this area still attracts people in respectable numbers, brought by the weather, family , jobs, cost of living, affordable housing etc. It will be interesting to see the numbers for the surrounding towns of Clayton, Garner, Smithfield etc.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Reasons to like living in Clayton NC.
So at the last minute we got invited to go the beach, can't turn up a weekend at beautiful Carolina Beach so we packed up and left. The great thing about living in Clayton when it relates to the beach is the fact that it only takes us two and a half hours and that includes a stop.
It is a straight run from here down Hwy 40 to Wilmington, Wrightsville and Carolina Beach.
Carolina Beach used to known as the redneck riviera... not anymore!! Well maybe on the boardwalk at 1am on Saturday. It is a beautiful beach with loads of things to do or nothing at all.
The aquarium is 10 minutes away, Fort Fisher, Southport, Wilmington etc. The beach is never crowded and you can fish off the sand.
As my sister is the travel writer I shall bring this review to a close, but if you need any info on the North Carolina Coast I'd be happy to get it for you.
It is a straight run from here down Hwy 40 to Wilmington, Wrightsville and Carolina Beach.
Carolina Beach used to known as the redneck riviera... not anymore!! Well maybe on the boardwalk at 1am on Saturday. It is a beautiful beach with loads of things to do or nothing at all.
The aquarium is 10 minutes away, Fort Fisher, Southport, Wilmington etc. The beach is never crowded and you can fish off the sand.
As my sister is the travel writer I shall bring this review to a close, but if you need any info on the North Carolina Coast I'd be happy to get it for you.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Are we on the move? Who knows for sure, but something is going on. This is an interesting piece from the news.
http//www.hulu.com/watch/73633/nbc-today-show-housing-markets-most-likely-to-rebound-fail
http//www.hulu.com/watch/73633/nbc-today-show-housing-markets-most-likely-to-rebound-fail
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wings Over Wayne
Took the boys down to Seymore Johnson AFB in Goldsboro on Sunday to see the air show. Now that is some show, forty mins from Clayton maybe an hour from Raleigh and it's free.
If you've never had an F-15E Strike Eagle scream past you at 100 feet off the ground you haven't lived.
I would not want to be on their bad side or anywhere near the stuff that can come off one of these birds. It really gave me an insight of just how powerful the United States military is when you see all these amazing planes like the gigantic C5, the F22-Raptor, the B-1B Lancer, the Stratotanker, helicopters, and the great men and women who fly them.
Great stuff, if you get the chance to go don't miss it (bring ear protection) seriously. Check it out.
http://www.wingsoverwayneairshow.com/attractions.html
If you've never had an F-15E Strike Eagle scream past you at 100 feet off the ground you haven't lived.
I would not want to be on their bad side or anywhere near the stuff that can come off one of these birds. It really gave me an insight of just how powerful the United States military is when you see all these amazing planes like the gigantic C5, the F22-Raptor, the B-1B Lancer, the Stratotanker, helicopters, and the great men and women who fly them.
Great stuff, if you get the chance to go don't miss it (bring ear protection) seriously. Check it out.
http://www.wingsoverwayneairshow.com/attractions.html
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