June 7, 2011: Mt. Airy to Durham

We had a nice leisurely drive from Mt. Airy to about an hour west of Raleigh. We went through this city, High Point, which is now the furniture capital of the U.S. Every year, they have a large furniture convention. Near their downtown is the World's Largest Chest of drawers. It's funny how it is just sitting there next to a house. There is a giant sock hanging out of one of the drawers. Then, we continued driving and found one of the furniture offices with a chest of drawers built into the front of the building. It is quite a site to see.



We got to Durham in the afternoon. It took about 2 hours to get there. We checked into our hotel called the Millenium, which was next to Duke University. In fact, the Duke University Sleep Apnea tests were performed out of our hotel. We went to visit a childhood friend, Dan Morse, at his place of work in Cary and had a nice visit. He told us all about the area and how built up it is becoming.. Wake County is working on a toll road highway on the west end of town. It will be the only toll road in the state of North Carolina. We didn't like driving on I-40. It is very congested.


We drove around Chapel Hill and Durham and were not too impressed with it. We walked around the Duke University campus. I liked the gothic designed buildings.


I was quite surprised how much traffic was all over this area. Cary is about the size of Grand Rapids, but the traffic seemed much worse. I decided I won't move anywhere unless I have a job lined up. So many people on the forums are saying not to move without a job.