Thursday, March 7 through Saturday, March 09, 2013: Returning to NBNC

Dekalb Farmers Market, Decatur Georgia

You say po-ta-tow, I say po-taa-tow, you say De-kall-b, I say Dee-kal-b…no matter how you say it, the DeKalb Farmers Market in Decatur Georgia was incredible. This 140,000-square-foot warehouse-looking building, a plain-jane on the outside is shopper’s mecca inside. There are aisles and aisles of spices, jams, salsas, pastas, oils and vinegars, nuts and dried fruits. Had we been driving ourselves I am pretty sure at least two of each product would have been in our shopping cart. And then we came to the fresh produce and fruits. Rows and rows of veggies and fruits I not only could not pronounce, but would not have known how to eat and/or cook. It was fun reading the labels and wondering how some of this stuff was harvested.  

Decatur Georgia, Dekalb Farmers Market

And then there is the bakery displaying wonderful loaves of brioche and challahs, Italian and French breads, and dozens of different croissant and muffin flavors. The daily baking begins about 1 a.m. and continues through until closing when the bakery teams begin yet another day’s work. We then continue down to the fresh seafood and meat counters. There are no unpleasant odors and you would not know, until you approach the counters, that the fish is so fresh there are even tanks where fish are trying to go upstream and where you may see live crawdads wiggling on the floor where they might have escaped from their watered containers. The extensive selection of fresh meats included Australian goat and lamb, organic beef, pork and poultry. This market was surprising and unexpected and we really enjoyed our brief visit.

South of the Border, Dillon SC

 On Friday we broke camp and travelled eastbound to our planned stop in Dillon SC-The South of the Border. We have driven past this touristy spot since the early 1980s and after all this time we decided to pitch the motorhome for the night. The campground was secured and allowed for spacious pull-through. Rates for full-hookup are very reasonable.

South of the Border Site A111

 The souvenir shops we strolled through offered the usual ‘stuff’, albeit the winter crowd (us) were about the only ones on the streets. We assume there would be quite the summer crowd due to the number of restaurants, shops and arcades. Saturday morning brought us to temperature in the mid-40s, sunny skies and the wind at our tow. We arrived safely at home in NBNC (New Bern NC) after 2,220 miles, 66 days, and 380 gallons of fuel.

Join us in April when we join fellow Harbour RVers as we gather in Wilmington North Carolina. CYA on the blog! Dave and Karen