Salisbury, North Carolina

Apr 21-28....We have been in North Carolina for the last week! We are in a park just north of Salisbury North Carolina. It has been kinda rainy since we got here so we haven't been out and about much. We have driven around the area and today went on an audio driving tour of the Salsibury Conferderate Prision and National Cemetery. The Prision was the largest Civil War prision. It had the capacity for 1,000, but between Aug & Oct 1864, about 10,000 Federal troups were crammed into every square foot space. Needless to say the conditions were horrible & there were many deaths. As a result, The Salisbury Natl Cemetery contains the largest number of unknown dead of any Civil War prison (believed to be around 5,000). There is one building still standing, which we were able to go into. This afternoon we are going to find a golf course and get a little practice in as our next stop is the Pinhurst area! Dixie has had to do some doctoring while here for abdominal pain/nausea....according to the ultra sound its a polyp on the gallbladder or gallstone. Got some medication to get by for now but will be seeing a GI specialist in the Fayetteville area as we will be there for 3 weeks or so. Didn't know retirment life was so hard on you! We move to the next stop on Monday....