My friends in Raleigh we're extremely hospitable and were nothing short of amazing while I was visiting. Even one of our mutual friends was in town we all got to hangout like we used to. It was very relaxing. I'm back in Winston until this weekend as I've been trying to figure out where to go. All my plans were contingent on me going up north for a few weeks, now everything is in disarray. I'm not stressing it, just trying to figure out what's next. I'm contemplating going to visit my family for a few days before I head back out, but then that means driving upwards of 3 hours north and then having to drive those same 3 hours back down south just to even start, and the locations I'm thinking are Savannah, GA (5 hours), St. Augustine, FL (8 hours), and New Orleans, LA (12 hours) so adding those 3 hours could really make a difference in how long of a day I have.
Why those places? The history and the culture. Simple as that. I bet they're beautiful places and I've only seen pictures and it's less than a day away, so why not go? After that I'd like to come back to NC for a few days to rest, and then go to Lexington, KY, Detroit, and Chicago. That would pretty much clear out most of the locations on the east coast that I've always wanted to visit but haven't yet, besides Boston and Maine :(
Then I'd have to come back to NC because I have to shoot a wedding in Lexington, NC on Sept. 13 and then I'm free to hit the road until Oct. 10 when I have a wedding in Greensboro, NC. MY birthday is Oct. 25 so I'm not sure what I plan on doing. It really all depends on my financial situation if I'm able to keep out on the road. It's only barely August and I'm thinking 2 months into the future. I need to relax, that is not what the trip is about!
I just made it to West Virginia, and the traffic was annoyingly bad. There was exactly 0 accidents but roughly 37 moments of stop and go traffic in extremely light rain up a not-so-steep incline. At one point my GPS (the almighty Waze) rerouted me after so much traffic and took me out of a lot of it only to run into some about half an hour later. Annoying, but not going to ruin my trip. I have my music on, my dog sitting in the backseat while resting his head on my arm rest falling asleep, and I have nothing to do until Sept. 13. Where am I rushing to?
My mom moved here late last year to be around my brother and his kids (he's working on his 6th, he has a brood) and help raise them. I haven't seen her or my brother since Christmas and I've never been close to his kids. If I had any regrets, it would be that. I'm good with kids and I like the I just don't want any of my own. Not now, anyway. So I got to spend some time with them tonight and it was so much fun. I got to chase them, wrestle them, pick on them, and most importantly I got to laugh with them. My nephew really brought it to my attention that I'm absentee when he blurted out that we had never met before. Was he right? I mean, I've see him less than the fingers I have on one hand. That's pretty shit. In my defense, they live in a whole other state. Alas it's my fault. I can be better.
Tomorrow I go to see my dad for a few days and then I come back to my moms for a night or two and then I figure out what's going on from there. It really depends on the weather. I can't go to these towns that are hours and hours away when its raining. How will I meet people? How do I get to see and photograph the towns/cities? How do I photograph the PEOPLE. So I have to wait out this stupid weather. If you could see me I'm shaking my fist angrily at the sky as if that means anything.
Thanks for reading, and I hope you like the pictures I have and (in the future) will be including :)
Me with one of my (many) nieces
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