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Bill Leslie's Carolina Conversations

"People are always asking me where to take vacation. What’s a cool place? What’s the most scenic drive?" WRAL News Anchor Bill Leslie attempts to answer those questions and others in his Carolina Conversations blog.

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N.C. vacation poll

Posted: March 17, 2010

If it's not Raleigh then what is it?

What is North Carolina's top vacation destination? Please offer your opinion and give us your reasons. Today's discussion is a follow-up to Tuesday's forum on Raleigh ranking eighth on a national list of top vacation spots.

I would probably put picturesque Blowing Rock and serene Ocracoke at the top of my list. Beautiful Beaufort would also rank right up there. Asheville is quite attractive with its dynamic downtown and gorgeous vistas.

Please cast your vote. Tell your friends. Encourage them to comment on this blog. Feel free to put Raleigh in there if you’d like. Remember, that’s where Barney Fife liked to vacation.

 

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Harker's Island is the best! Love the Cape Lookout Lighthouse area.
blondeee28
March 18, 2010 2:15 p.m.
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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH Visited in 2001, moved to Wrightsville Beach in 2002. Year round vacation.
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March 18, 2010 12:53 p.m.
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Wrightsville Beach is NC little Palm Beach, Great people, nice beach, beautiful area and great restaurants, will be glad when I can make my second home my only one at WB.
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March 18, 2010 12:11 p.m.
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Spivey's Corner - stay at the Hollerday Inn
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March 18, 2010 7:27 a.m.
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north topsail island - particularly the villa capriani...
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March 18, 2010 5:10 a.m.
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Blowing Rock, Pinehurst, and Duck/Corolla
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March 17, 2010 9:46 p.m.
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The state's southern beaches are my idea of a great vacation. They (Calabash, Oak Island, Wilmington) are beautiful and great food too. More than either of those things, it is just the laid back lifestyle of the area. I feel relaxed just thinking of it.
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March 17, 2010 7:17 p.m.
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The greater metropolitan Macclesfield/Pinetops/Crisp area. The Tri-Cities...recently voted #2 vacation destination by Conde Nast Publications.
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March 17, 2010 7:00 p.m.
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Emerald Isle on the coast and Boone/Blowing Rock in the mountains.
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March 17, 2010 6:25 p.m.
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vacation...must be nice. haven't had one this millennium.

10 years ago, when it was "safe" to take one week off, my family liked to take one-day car trips. you know, start from home and drive around all day. for example: day one we would drive to Pilot Mountain then to Grandfather Mountain and home that evening. the next day: somewhere else. the strangest one was when the youngest had never been on a plane trip. we flew to Charlotte and back (from RDU). that's all. just to do it for her so she could sit in the window seat.
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