Where Have I Been?!?

Lost. Very lost. But I knew where I was. Sort of.
In the photo below, there might be a Walmart in the photo. There might even be an entire apartment complex...but you can't see them. Nope. Why? Because the trees are so thick!

You see, we were house hunting in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC, and this is what we saw. The whole time. We're glad we followed some locals' advice and brought a GPS to find things, because usually you will have passed the place you are looking for without even noticing it. On main roads, it wasn't much better. In fact, the tree scene was the same, but there were MEDIANS! Which meant--no U-turns. Sigh.

It's a BEAUTIFUL place. I love it. I'm so excited to go. But I'm glad we're renting for a full year before buying, because before I can go house hunting (and I'll really be hunting, like easter-egg style in these trees!), I have to figure out where the grocery store is. Preferably getting there without missing my turns. And the library, and the post office, and...and...and... they are all hidden. In trees.

Here's an aerial (kind of) shot of Durham:
See what I mean? But it's beautiful. Really beautiful.

To see LOTS of road views, check out this website.



Oh, and by the way, this is post #500. That sort of blew me away, too.