Fun in the Piedmont Triad International Airport

We each had one carry on bag and one to check. No problem. Tickets were fine. We got there early - so early that we were probably only two of a handful of people in the entire airport! Remember, it was Thanksgiving. The "rush" had been the day before.

As I was walking past a food vendor at the airport, she hollared out that she liked my blue outfit. I was wearing a very comfortable, Carolina Blue (for those of you outside of North Carolina and the USA, Carolina blue is the color of one of the most popular universities here - where Michael Jordon played basketball) pant and jacket outfit. I stopped to chat and she eventually mentioned that a man who had recently passed by had purchased a beer for me. That was sweet of Joel.

No, it wasn't Belgian, but was good. We had joked that we needed to increase our tolerance before the trip. Somehow, we didn't have time to work that into our schedules. I sipped half the glass and Joel downed the rest.

We had fun with the girl running the food concession. She said that on the day before Thanksgiving, she had a non-stop line of customers from 5 a.m. - late that night. She served hot dogs, subs and other handy items to eat.

PHOTO - I used to collect this variety of crab when I had saltwater aquariums and was studying marine biology in high school. These crabs love to cover their shell with all kinds of things and hide. Well, apparently they got caught in the crab pots or net and landed at this open air market in downtown Paris.