Spent much of the day driving down to North Carolina for a couple of
days of winery visiting.  I'm staying in a nice B&B in a small town
called Mount Airy, not too far from Winston-Salem.  This is in the
Yadkin Valley, the principal wine-growing region in North Carolina.
It turns out that Mount Airy is the home of Andy Griffith, of the 50's
TV show, and is the model for the TV town of Mayberry.  The town is
all fully of Mayberry touristy stuff -- very weird.  This evening I
walked around town, had dinner at a local cafe, and did my first wine
tasting at a winery that's right here in town.

I expect this trip to be something of a diet splurge -- among other
things, I hear that the B&B has rather lavish breakfasts.  I
definitely over-indulged today.  I like to try little out-of-the-way
places when I travel (I have a good book called "Road Food" that
recommends some of these), and here that involves a lot of down-home
goodies.  Plus the B&B owner has been giving me snacks :-).

Anyway...

Food:

* 7:00 (home): instant oatmeal w/ peanut butter & flax seed
* 10:00 (driving): handful of mixed nuts
* 11:30 (country buffet restaurant, very down-home southern): fried
chicken livers (which I really like :-) ) plus very small servings of
a whole bunch of side dishes -- green salad, jello salad, chili,
macaroni & cheese, green beans, broccoli, spoon bread, mashed
potatoes, baked apple slices; small piece of peanut butter pie
* 3:30 (B&B): glass of wine; plate of cheese (rather a lot) and
crackers; 2 small chocolate chip cookies
* 6:30 (cafe): small hamburger w/ Swiss cheese on whole wheat bread;
hot apple pandowdy with ice cream
* 7:30 (winery): tasting w/ relatively generous pours -- maybe one
glass total
* 8:30 (B&B): 3 chocolate candies

Exercise:

* 6:00 -- 8:00 (with dinner & wine tasting in between): about 1.5 mile
walk

Chris
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