It was on this day twenty years ago that I moved to North Carolina for good. I’d lived here before, of course, starting in 1983 when I spent three years in Charlotte. In between 1986 and 1992, I moved to Great Falls, VA, joined the Navy, and traveled the world.
August 2, 1992 was when I came to Raleigh to attend N.C. State. I first lived on Clanton Avenue, then the Raleigh Apartments on Peace Street, then Thea Lane, before moving to the other side of Lake Johnson at the Lake Johnson Apartments on Trillium Circle. Then I got married, moved to Garner for 5 years, had a kid, moved back to Raleigh at Hobhouse Circle, had another kid, then moved to East Raleigh on Tonsler Drive. Whew!
It’s been a wonderful first 20 years. I look forward to seeing what the next 20 years will bring!