Well today Pepper Bear's time in Bunyan, NC came to an end for now. Pepper headed west on the route shown below:
Before leaving a few pictures were taken. The first two are of Pepper on the side porch steps in Bunyan.
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| Closeup of Pepper Bear on side porch steps at Eborn Mixon Simmons Snyder House in Bunyan, NC |
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| Pepper Bear on side porch steps at Eborn Mixon Simmons Snyder House in Bunyan, NC |
Some pictures from around Bunyan and Washington, NC
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| The field behind Eborn Mixon Simmons Snyder House in Bunyan, NC was planted in tobacco in 2011. The white flowers of the tobacco were removed by field hands shortly after this picture. |
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| Washington, NC Service Station of Interesting Architecture There is a similar one elsewhere in Washington but it has many unflattering additions. This one has remained unused for the last decade but seems to have architectural continuity. |
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| Truck and Crane on Railroad Trestle across Tar River at Washington, NC replacing track ties |
Well Pepper Bear didn't get to go but we wound up at Deadwood Restaurant / Dinner Theater in Bear Grass, NC for our 40th Wedding Anniversary celebratory dinner on July 17, 2011. We set out to have the celebration at the "Down on Main Street Restaurant" but they have begun closing on Sunday so we had to move the celebration. Well Deadwood is an interesting place. It has the restaurant, the dinner theater, and amusements that include a train, miniature golf, and various kiddie rides. It also has logging and farming artifacts from a hundred years ago. Its menu items are just OK, so I will not describe or recommend any of them. Among the fields of tobacco, cotton, soy beans, pines, and corn, Deadwood at Bear Grass seems bizarre
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| 40th Wedding Anniversary Party at Deadwood L to R Susan, Amanda, Deadwood Bear, Mary Ellen, and James |
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| Horse, Oxen, or Mule Drawn Log Skidder on Display at Deadwood Restaurant in Bear Grass, NC |
On leaving Bunyan and on route to Charlotte, NC, Pepper Bear got to chance to visit Dupree Crossroads in Pitt County, NC. In this area James Dupree, an ancestor of Mary Ellen's, emigrated from Virginia circa 1760 and established a plantation. Five subsequent generations of Dupree's lived in this region working the land. The crossroads and a topographic feature on the Tar River known as Dupree Landing are ghostly remembrances of that 200 year old habitation. We returned to investigate a fine old house in the vicinity that had caught Mary Ellen's sense of deja vu during a prior visit made five or so years ago. A restoration of the old house has been in progress and it turned out to be the home of Elias Carr, governor of NC 1893- 1897. Pictures follow:
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| Pepper Bear and Me at Dupree Crossroads, NC |
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