Greensboro visit with Uncle Frank

Sunday, August 2

Another lovely morning, and we took our coffee and cereal outside to our slanted patio!  Spent some time researching, as we decided to take Uncle Frank not only to lunch, but to do something.  We decided on the Greensboro Museum, and lunch at a southern restaurant there called Lucky 32 that gets good reviews. 

We parked a bit too far to the left, worried about connecting, and ended up with a slanted patio!  Nice spot, though!

We arrived to pick him up, and he mentioned we could go to a local Italian restaurant, and we were still hearing about it when we arrived in Greensboro!  Well, I knew what I was going to order at the Italian restaurant!  haha!! We had a great southern lunch, which he had to admit was really good!  

Black bean cakes....yumm!

 Next stop was the museum, and he wasn’t too sure about that, but ultimately enjoyed it, as did we.  O’Henry is from Greensboro, and had a section of the museum dedicated to him, where I learned that The Gift of the Maji was one of his short stories.   Vicks Vapo Rub was invented here, and the town was the largest manufacturer of denim at the time, and played a significant role in the Civil War and train passage, gaining the nickname The Gate City. A silent movie "theatre" was on the top floor, in a recreated town which you visit by going through a hotel lobby , complete with old time telephone switchboard, which was really neat.  

The original store where the Greensboro 4 sat at the counter to protest of segregation. 

After leaving there, Uncle Frank wanted pie and coffee, a real throw back thing, so we hunted and debated, and finally stopped at a Fridays and......no pie!!  He wanted apple pie, and was determined to get it, even though it was not on the menu.  Thankfully they had cheesecake, a second best choice, and he decided on that.  We dropped him off at home and  returned to the coach  around 6. Lovely evening, and I went to sit on the lake a while, and we ended up walking the sites in section C to see if we might fit. We found some that are pretty level and great view to water, so we will try to get them the next time here.  The family is fun to visit, and there is still more to see, so we will definitely return.