Day Trips® from Raleigh-Durham, 3rd Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

by Hoffman, James L.; Grizzle, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780762745432
• ISBN10: 0762745436
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780762767670
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-01
• Publisher: GPP Travel
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Summary

Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in the car and go! Day Trips guides are packed with hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover right in your own backyard. Explore places you never even knew existed-many free of charge and most within a two-hour drive of major urban centres. Guides include full trip- planning information including directions, URLs and phone numbers.

Author Biography

Ralph Grizzle writes about travel, particularly cruising. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

James L. Hoffman is a lifelong resident of North Carolina. He is a freelance writer and public relations and marketing director for Discovery Place, Inc., in Charlotte. He lives in Gastonia, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Travel tips	p. xi
Using this travel guide	p. xiii
Northeast
Back in time	p. 3
Williamston	p. 5
Windsor	p. 8
Edenton	p. 9
Plantation valley	p. 13
Halifax	p. 15
Murfreesboro	p. 16
East
On the waterfront	p. 21
New bern	p. 23
Oriental	p. 27
George washington slept here	p. 29
Washington	p. 31
Bath	p. 33
Aurora	p. 34
Edward	p. 35
Barbecue highway	p. 36
Smithfield	p. 38
Selma	p. 39
Goldsboro	p. 40
Kinston	p. 42
Coastal diversion	p. 44
Morehead city	p. 46
Atlantic beach	p. 49
Swansboro	p. 52
Of pirates and pastimes	p. 55
Beaufort	p. 55
Farm living	p. 61
Bailey	p. 63
Kenly	p. 63
Wilson	p. 64
Farmville	p. 66
Greenville	p. 66
Tarboro	p. 67
Southeast
Fun in the sun	p. 71
Wilmington	p. 73
Wrightsville beach	p. 80
Carolina beach	p. 81
Kure beach	p. 82
Island hopping	p. 83
Southport	p. 85
Bald head island	p. 88
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