South to Benson and Newton Grove, NC

On Thursday morning, after a wonderful stay with John and Bev, we embarked on the next stage of the journey. Mr. Toad had been in NC before, in June and July, but we hadn't actually documented it, so we stopped at the border.

Mandatory stop on the way down -- the best NC barbecue.

In NC, we visited CL's cousins (left to right) Eddie, JP, and Mike

and (again left to right) Dwen (Mike's wife) and Zella.

I'm sure CL will want to add a bunch of stuff here.