A Carpetbagger & Scalawag from Georgia Makes an Apology | Eastern North Carolina Now

  People of the south should be used to interlopers from outside the area coming in and agitating the locals without bothering to find out how they live and what they think.

   After the War of Northern Aggression, most southerners had to endure the long years of a carpetbagger or scalawag trying to tell them how to live and act. Fortunately, the south is a forgiving place and eventually they will assimilate, absorb and transform those poor unfortunate transplants into the slower pace of life below the Mason Dixon line.

   Nevertheless, what happens when the scalawag comes from somewhere far south of you; Like Georgia? Most southerners will just ignore the interloper and say "Bless his little heart" and pay no more attention to him. Ultimately, the trespasser will take the time and effort to understand his new environment and learn his way around.    Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I may be late to investigate your marvelous city and county, and I wonder why it took me so long.

   In my defense, I have been to North Carolina many times during business and pleasure trips. My former company has plants in Asheville  and Kings Mountain. My son was married at Leatherwood Mountain Resorts, shown below.  We had a beautiful view of the mountains from the back porch of our Cabin.

I have a close friend who owns a beach house in Carolina Beach, which at one time was a bit too close to the ocean for comfort.

We had several sales meetings at Wilmington.

When my company sponsored a NASCAR, I was a host at the suite at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 


    Before entered field of sales, I spent two weeks with the NC Sales Engineer learning some of the basic skills of industrial sales in 1975. I have camped with my parents at Maggie Valley and play poker at Cherokee. Heck I even dated a girl from Murphy in high school, but I do not hold them responsible for that fiasco.

Fishy Fishy Cafe, Yacht Basin Drive, Southport, NC

   I have always enjoyed the pictures that Stan has taken of the area and populated through out the BCN site including his childhood memories of the rotating train gate. Having offered a belated Mia Culpa above, I don't recall having ever been to Washington, NC. After spending a year or so as a gatecrasher on this site, I took the time to do a little of probing of YouTube in hopes of gaining perspective from a birds eye view. Most of the readers will recognize these locations. I will  add this as another location to visit in North Carolina.  I apologize for never having taken the tours below before.  North Carolina is truly Americana in it truest sense.