nc beach sunrises: nags head and kill devil hills

26. Take a photo of sunrise at every individually-named beach in North Carolina. Taken at the first public access spot just north of the Kill Devil Hills town line, and the Nags Head Fishing pier.

100 foods in 100 counties: dare county

58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Hatteras style clam chowder – the food for Dare County, at Sam and Omie’s, a long-time fisherman’s haunt – is a broth-based soup, and let me tell you what, the folks sitting behind us were pissed about this….

hot dogs everywhere: the froggy dog

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: The Froggy Dog, Avon, NC (Dare County) What: the Froggy Dog (chili and cheese) With whom: Trav, and my in-laws Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B+. The chili had a fantastic smoky barbeque flavor, but the cheese didn’t hold up its end.

100 foods in 100 counties: currituck county

58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. The choice for Currituck County, the furthest northeastern county in North Carolina, was the crab cake at the Oceanfront Grille in Corolla. As a Marylander, I am extremely snobby about crab cakes, and I can tell you that…

hot dogs everywhere: burger barn

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: Burger Barn, Warrenton, NC (Warren County) What: chili cheese dogs With whom: Trav Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B. Love a good North Carolina red but it was a mostly middling affair

100 foods in 100 counties: warren county

58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Warren County! I’m unsure if I had ever driven through Warren County before this weekend, but we headed up to Ridgeway for the annual Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival, to cross a 100 Foods item off the list. We brought…

minor league baseball: bowling green hot dogs @ asheville tourists

McCormick Field, home of the Asheville Tourists, is one of the oldest ballparks in the country – the Tourists have been playing there for 100 years in 2024, and it’s a beautiful little park set into a hill with the mountains rising up behind it. The PA guy has excellent taste in music. The mascot…

100 foods in 100 counties: bertie county

58. Eat at every restaurant in Our State magazine’s 100 Foods To Eat In North Carolina’s 100 Counties. Did I expect to find the Bertie County food in a general store in Germanton, NC, in Stokes County, on my way to Hanging Rock State Park with a friend? No. Did I snap them up? Yes. Am I…

ballpark hot dogs: asheville tourists

59. Eat a hot dog in every North Carolina county. Where: McCormick Field, Home of the Asheville Tourists What: 100% grass fed local hot dog with mustard With whom: Mom, Dad, & Trav Why: 100 Hot Dogs in 100 Counties Grade: B. Perfectly cromulent ballpark hot dog.

100 foods in 100 counties: vance county

Vance County – Henderson – Country Snacks Manufacturing: Popcorn Cracklins These are a staple of independently owned North Carolina gas station mini marts, and they were fine. If you like fried pork products, you’ll like them. I don’t. So.