On October 18th, we left Tarboro, North Carolina, and drove an hour to Raleigh NC. Again, we stayed at a Super Wal-Mart. It was a Sunday so we had our internet church then Kathleen and the kids went and did a little shopping. She also got the kids their first haircut in quite a while. Kevin enjoyed watching his football. On October 19th, we left our campsite at the Wal-Mart in Raleigh (after Kevin and Kathleen got a flu shot – that was fun!) and drove to the capitol. We took a self guided tour. This was the first capitol we had been to where their Senate and House members do not meet at the capitol. They have not met there since 1961 due to space issues. This made the capitol more of a museum. They have kept everything in place as if someone still meets there. It was easy to see why they had to move out. Most all the rooms were small and not well equipped. We thought it was an average looking capitol. Not the worst but far from the best. Their new Legislative Building is down the street. The same architect that designed the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. also designed their Legislative Building. You can tell, too. It looks like a mini Kennedy Center. We didn’t really care for it. It looked like a building from the 1960’s and not in any good way. We learned that the capitol was the very first building in Raleigh, in fact, the very first anything. That is how Raleigh started as a city. They built the capitol building and then just let everything else come later. After touring the capitol and walking around a little we drove on to Ashville, North Carolina where we stayed at The Wilson Riverfront RV Park right along the river (and the interstate!!) Kevin and his family had lived in Ashville from 1969 to 1971 and we were there to see his his old neighborhood the next day.
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