Carrboro, Durham, and Chapel Hill

So, to recap that which hasn't officially been capped, Annita and I have moved to North Carolina. We filled up a Uhaul and towed her car across the country. There was a lot to see but very little to really enjoy most of it. We drove through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

It was fascinating watching the landscape and cityscapes change from region to region. My least favorite was definitely the New Mexico-Texas portion of the trip; I didn't care for the dry climate and flat mostly bare land. I enjoyed getting to see the rolling green plains of Oklahoma and forests of Northern Arkansas. Most breath-taking was watching a sunrise as we drove through the Rockies, and the most familiar was the drive through the Appalachian Mountains, mainly because of the trees. The trees in Arkansas and most of Tennessee were shorter than the towering pines to which I'm accustomed, and there were thick forests of these vertically challenged trees. This was made more evident after a recent visit to the Redwoods in Northern California near Crescent City.

Now that we're here, we're working on getting used to life in Chapel Hill. It's actually about the size of Klamath Falls, with a community that places emphasis on medicine and higher education. It definitely has a lot more to offer. Carrboro is a town attached to the west that houses many of the students and other employees of the University of North Carolina and offers some cultural diversity. Ten minutes to the north lies Durham with a population of over 200,000, a city rich with history and emphasizing medical research and technology. It's also the home of several universities including Duke. There's so much more that we have yet to explore. Raleigh is just down the road, a haven of art and culture in of itself.

And at the moment, I trying to figure out exactly how I fit into it all. This may take some time....