A stop over in Durham

We left Forest Lake Thousand Trails campground on Tuesday morning to continue on our journey north. We had made arrangements to stop at a Harvest Host (https://harvesthosts.com/) in Durham and meet up with one of my college roommates for dinner.

The Durty Bull (I'm thinking related to the name of the minor league baseball team, Durham Bulls?) Brewing Company allows Harvest Host members to park in their lot. You may be able to distinguish Gracie in the corner of the lot on the far right side of the picture.

To get a relatively level spot in the lot, we parked right next to the sidewalk, so we could not put the slides out on the driver's side, and we chose to just put the bedroom slide out on the passenger side as we weren't quite as level as we'd like to be...

... we were blocking one of the entrances into their lot, but they really do not allow customer parking in their lot (all the spots were either marked for employees or filled with outside tables). To get parked in the lot, we backed Gracie into the driveway which ended up being next to her after we did a bit of a K-turn.

It looks really cloudy and threatening, and it did rain quite a bit in the evening and overnight. But, we were right in town, and could walk to restaurants and through neighborhoods with both older and some brand-new homes!

We met Lisa and Paul at Geer Street Garden (https://geerstreetgarden.com/)...

... in what used to be a service station.

We elected to sit "outside" on the patio though under a roof and with roll-down plastic walls that were handy when it started raining!

Carl got "The Pile" -- as described on the menu: "French Fries with Melted Cheddar Cheese, Bacon, Jalapeno, Fried Chicken, Gravy, Cheese Sauce & choice of 2 sauces" -- it was quite a meal!

We always love meeting up with friends and family as we travel!