Murfreesboro, NC = Middle of Nowhere, NC

This picture isn't from Murfreesboro, but from a high school in Gaston, NC where we had a TFA meeting. The town had a street named "Gay." Sadly though I didn't have time to stop and get a pic- but next time I go visit Mary, I'm doing a little detour! From left to right are some of my TFA buddies: Mary, Carol, Elizabeth, and Emily.

I stayed a few nights with Mary in her new town of Murfreesboro, NC. It is a tiny town, but we didn't even have time to take in all the sights- next time! We did eat lunch at her neighbor's (known as "Big Tony") restaurant, and it was nice. We drove around the historical district, the university, I tried some late night Chinese take out, rescued a turtle, and did a little shopping. And, I definitely broke in the new car with all that driving, it takes a long time to get to the middle of nowhere. We also drove to Elizabeth City to pick up her new car, and to get there we went through the Great Dismal Swamp. Isn't that a great name? We passed by a sweet homemade sign that warns drivers not to pull off the road or you'll get stuck. Luckily we were stuck-free.

This University is right by her place. Looked it up online, apparently it has 63 majors, though I don't know how they support that many cause it is really tiny.

The University had a green space with lots of porch swings in the trees, it was lovely.
Mary totally looks like a Southern lady doesn't she?

One of the exciting cites in the historical district

The local library is super adorable, though I was horrified at finding these in their collection. Shudder.

Driving from the other bustling metropolis of Ahoskie, where we shopped at Belk for teacher cardigans, we stopped for a turtle rescue mission.

The watermelon festival was last weekend, but they still had the archway up.