Wilkes County is the place to be.

Well howdy folks,

This is Kateland coming to you from the one and only Awake intern house. For all you people back home in Alaska and to all the rest who have never been around North Carolina I would love to take you on a little tour of our good old town of Wilkesboro, NC where we all live. I was going to ask you to close your eye and imagine with me but since you are reading this you can’t really do that. SO, just imagine along with the reading. We will start here where us interns live. We live in an old farm house right outside of Wilkes county. We are surrounded daily with lovely horses that keep you awake at night sometimes for no apparent reason just because they are horses. Also sometimes you are awakened by the lovely dogs that live up from us in the morning. Granite its not a rooster that wakes you but its seems pretty close if you ask me to what a farm would be like. Now if you are new to Wilkesboro you will not know a very key thing about this town that is vital information. I will share with you this secrete just in case you ever come here. There are two parts of this town, there is North Wilkesboro and a Wilkesboro. My mother and I were informed of this when we first arrived and they locals will tell you that there is a for sure difference in which part of town you are in. So be aware of where you are at all times ahhaha.. okay that was a little to dramatic but it is funny to how there are two very different parts to this town. Another interesting little thing you should know if you are from the West coast or Mid-west is that they do not drink coffee here in the south. So the next place I will be taking you to is the lovely and pretty much only coffee shop that exist in Wilkes county or in a 40 mile radius off of the interstate. So you will leave our house and head down town to North Wilkesboro to the lovely coffee shop called Talias. I LOVE IT THERE! It almost seems out place in a good old fashion town but the food is amazing and my mom says the coffee is some of the best she have ever had. Its got great art and great light fixtures. The layout of the place is just awesome and you can either enjoy your food inside or outside. Oh yes and not to mentions the owners are awesome people that love Jesus as well which of course is a bonus. Now if you are looking for some good exercise you can go for a walk around town after you have eaten at Talias. It is great and there are lets just say some interesting little shops that you could venture into if you wanted to. Downtown North Wilkesboro really catches the good old southern town feel to it with its lovely brick buildings and its thousands of churches. I am serious there is at least one church around every corner and not little ones either big ones.

Now if it is a hot day in Wilkes county which it almost is every day you could always go and enjoy the man made lake but be sure you come prepared with some sort of bug repellent and a chair because there is not much of a lake front just grass or rock to lay on out in the sun. This is not much of an attraction for most people unless you have a boat or a ski-doo. So if you come prepared let us know because we’d love to come with you. Last but not least the main place to hang out and its not in North Wilkesboro either it is a place where you can observe everyday life to its fullest in Wilkes county. It is the Wal Mart in Wilkesboro ahahha… It is true that is the local hang out for many young people. We have had a our fair share of interesting moments at the Wal Mart not including the inability of not understanding everyone because the all have southern accents but it is the funny looks you get because you have a western accent. I know it is quite comical some days. Especially because they know you are not from around these parts. We have though recently become nervous to walk around the Wal Mart in fear because we have been threaten that if we do not write a blog once a week we will be flogged by the employees of Wal Mart. (Sorry Craig just couldn’t help mentioning that and don’t worry people its just a joke.)

Well I hope you have enjoyed your little tour of the town I live in. It has its sure interesting moments daily but it can be kind of fun. I guess this just means that if you want to know more about it you will just have to come and experience it for yourself. Have a lovely day!

Kateland

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