Christmastime in Carolina (December 14-15,2013)

Went to Concord, NC over December 14-15 to see my son.  Had a great time there, as I also visited some friends, and went to the bike shop to see some of the new motorcycles (and some of those will be on my other blog "Racing with the Wind") while I was there.
Liked seeing some of the city displays, for instance this one in front of a bank just off NC29. Always enjoyed this one and its animated (well, the snowman moves his arm). There are a lot of these sort of things, and enjoyed seeing all of them. Kind of strange since the divorce last January, but getting better. 

 This is the Concord City Christmas Tree, always like seeing it. They have a big tree lighting in November with all sorts of food, music, and after its lit a fireworks display. Thought that was strange but have found a lot of places do it.

 Seen here at left is downtown Concord, they have changed the lights in the trees for the first time in a lot of years, and also have some hanging balls added. Those have gotten really popular...a house on Union Street (where downtown actually is) has added those and they have really caught on.
Due to the rain did not go to Speedway Christmas, but did enjoy the lights that I got to see. A lot of places due to the rain (it flat poured on Saturday which was expected being in the forecast for the last few days) did not light up, but still fun to see the many that did. 

This at left are the trees at what was formerly Cannon Village (is now part of the NC Research Center) but still very pretty. Village Park has a lot of light displays (both Cannon Village and Village Park are in Kannapolis, NC) but those at the park were turned off due to the weather. Shame, like to ride the little train that goes past them all, well maybe next year.
It was nice to be there, had a fine visit with my son, a great dinner at El Amigo (also in Kannapolis) and enjoyed the lights and the Starbucks Coffee. Will have more from the road this Christmas season.