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Raleigh, Greenville NC & the Outer Banks

Posted: May 30, 2004 8:00 am
by nycparrothead
Hey dudes! Well after scouring the internet with minimal success, I realized that the best place to go for travel advice is right here at BN...

Here's the scoop. The girlfriend and I are making a quick 4 day trip to NC next Sat-Tues. The major purpose of our mission is just to look at the Raleigh, Greenville area and see if it's somewhere we might want to move to. Also, East Carolina University in Greenville is one of the few colleges that has the Masters program that my GF wants to get into. However, with what time we have in between that stuff we want to squeeze in as much fun as we can in the short time we're there. We're thinking 1 daytime activity per day and then a cool (preferably Parrothead Friendly) bar each night.

So, we're probably gonna do Raleigh Saturday, out to the Outer Banks on Sunday and then back to Greenville on Monday, then back to NY on tuesday. I know this isn't the most geographically pleasing way to go about this but we need to be in Greenville on a weekday so that Steph can talk to the people at the University. I know there's an Outer Banks thread but there's nothing about bars and stuff so we could use a little help there and then what do we do with our one day and night in Raleigh and the other day and night in Greenville?

Thanks dudes!

PS - The eventual plan would be to have a house on a lake somewhere. If anyone knows any nice areas with lakes and stuff that we should drive around and check out that would be cool too!

Posted: May 30, 2004 9:41 am
by sunseeker
AHEM!!!!! You are coming to NC and not asking ME for advice??? :cry:

Posted: May 30, 2004 10:18 am
by nycparrothead
sunseeker wrote:AHEM!!!!! You are coming to NC and not asking ME for advice??? :cry:
:lol: :lol: :lol: You're never around so I wasn't sure you'd see it in time! (And I forgot you live around there! :lol: :lol: :lol: )

So????? Whatta we do? 8)

Posted: May 31, 2004 9:56 pm
by poohbear1324
greenville is not that bad.
we live 15 min from there.
in a little town called pickens.
let us know when u are making the tip to greenville sc.
we will have to have a drink. :P

Posted: June 1, 2004 5:26 am
by Sidew13
If it's lakes you want, then lakes we have. The Upstate area of SC is loaded with some very nice lakes. Glad to hear your coming to our neck of the woods :D

Posted: June 1, 2004 7:20 am
by nycparrothead
Thanks dudes and sorry Pooh, but actually we're going to Greenville, NORTH Carolina... Didn't realize there were 2! We'll have to catch up at Nissan! :D

Posted: June 1, 2004 7:51 am
by nycparrothead
Update on the agenda: We'll be in Raleigh Saturday and Saturday night, greenville sunday and the outer banks sunday night till some time Tuesday.... HELP!!

I found a place online called "Pigmans Bar-B-Que" that looks pretty good.. Is it?

Re: Raleigh, Greenville & the Outer Banks

Posted: June 1, 2004 8:03 am
by aquaholic
nycparrothead wrote:Hey dudes! Well after scouring the internet with minimal success, I realized that the best place to go for travel advice is right here at BN...

Here's the scoop. The girlfriend and I are making a quick 4 day trip to NC next Sat-Tues. The major purpose of our mission is just to look at the Raleigh, Greenville area and see if it's somewhere we might want to move to. Also, East Carolina University in Greenville is one of the few colleges that has the Masters program that my GF wants to get into. However, with what time we have in between that stuff we want to squeeze in as much fun as we can in the short time we're there. We're thinking 1 daytime activity per day and then a cool (preferably Parrothead Friendly) bar each night.

So, we're probably gonna do Raleigh Saturday, out to the Outer Banks on Sunday and then back to Greenville on Monday, then back to NY on tuesday. I know this isn't the most geographically pleasing way to go about this but we need to be in Greenville on a weekday so that Steph can talk to the people at the University. I know there's an Outer Banks thread but there's nothing about bars and stuff so we could use a little help there and then what do we do with our one day and night in Raleigh and the other day and night in Greenville?

Thanks dudes!

PS - The eventual plan would be to have a house on a lake somewhere. If anyone knows any nice areas with lakes and stuff that we should drive around and check out that would be cool too!
We live on a 38,000 acre lake jus north of Atlanta...............nice area.....................until u arrive :lol: :lol: .......www.lakelanier.com

Re: Raleigh, Greenville & the Outer Banks

Posted: June 1, 2004 8:07 am
by nycparrothead
aquaholic wrote:We live on a 38,000 acre lake jus north of Atlanta...............nice area.....................until u arrive :lol: :lol: .......www.lakelanier.com
Actually we're gonna be in Greenville North Carolina so we won't be down that way... BUT, it could be somethin' like we're looking for! We'll have to make a trip down there and check it out sometime! :D

Posted: June 1, 2004 8:12 am
by phjrsaunt
If you live on a lake, won't your house get wet? :roll:

Posted: June 1, 2004 8:14 am
by nycparrothead
phjrsaunt wrote:If you live on a lake, won't your house get wet? :roll:
I'll build it on top of a huge inflatable raft. :roll: :P :lol:

Posted: June 1, 2004 12:26 pm
by nycparrothead
Okay, either no one loves me or ya'll just think I was kidding with this thread and I'm really not looking for advice....

So, first of all, I AM serious! And secondly, I KNOW YOU ALL LOVE ME!!!!

So, lemme bring this BTT one more time... PLEASE?!!?!? :D

Posted: June 1, 2004 1:34 pm
by nycparrothead
Fine.. I hate all of you... I'm going to go cry now! :cry: :cry: :cry: :P :P :P

Posted: June 1, 2004 2:10 pm
by aquaholic
nycparrothead wrote:Fine.. I hate all of you... I'm going to go cry now! :cry: :cry: :cry: :P :P :P
what was the question????

Posted: June 1, 2004 2:11 pm
by nycparrothead
aquaholic wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:Fine.. I hate all of you... I'm going to go cry now! :cry: :cry: :cry: :P :P :P
what was the question????
I forget.... :-? :-? :D

Posted: June 1, 2004 3:42 pm
by EVCIceman
Hey NYCPH,

What program does ECU have that your girl likes? I just graduated and have a little knowledge about the school. If you have any questions let me know.

Posted: June 1, 2004 3:50 pm
by sunseeker
poohbear1324 wrote:greenville is not that bad.
we live 15 min from there.
in a little town called pickens.
let us know when u are making the tip to greenville sc.
we will have to have a drink. :P
wrong greenville pooh.... :(

Posted: June 1, 2004 3:59 pm
by poohbear1324
sunseeker wrote:
poohbear1324 wrote:greenville is not that bad.
we live 15 min from there.
in a little town called pickens.
let us know when u are making the tip to greenville sc.
we will have to have a drink. :P
wrong greenville pooh.... :(
:(
i forgot there was a greenville nc.

Posted: June 9, 2004 8:34 pm
by OceanCityGirl
Sorry, I guess I'm reading this too late. We go to the outerbanks alot and love it. But since I'm usually there with teens no good bar recommendations. See signs for Pigmans down there and heard that it was good. We usually go to Bubba's in Frisco. Hope you had a good time. I'll be making the trip this summer. Son wants to look at ECU and Coastal Carolina.

Posted: June 9, 2004 11:38 pm
by MelliJellyBean
you should make a stop at Wilmington while you are there. Ive been several times and I remember several cool bars. You can drive out on Carolina Beach too and UNC Wilmington is there.

Definitely worth a stop on your trip. Im thinking about moving there one day.