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WRAL@Home: Hiking, fair food highlight our weekend picks

Here are our suggestions for socially distanced fun this weekend.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Here are out suggestions for socially distanced fun this weekend:
Explore four trails at this Cary nature preserve - Located not far from busy Kildaire Farm Road, the Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve is home to a variety of animals including deer and rabbits. It's also a great spot for bird watching.
Get your fair food fix via this drive-thru event - Get a taste of the North Carolina State Fair without leaving your car. The fairgrounds is hosting Drive-Thru Fair Food Days on May 29-31. The events will run noon to 8 p.m. daily. Sales will be cash only. Food items include funnel cake, deep fried Oreos and smoothies served in a giant pineapple.
Vote for Beaver Queen - The annual Durham fundraiser is going online this year with contestants being introduced this Saturday in an online video on the Beaver Queen website. Next weekend, there will be back-to-back videos featuring the talent competition and interviews.
Make steak with the Angus Barn - Angus Barn chef Scott James shows us how to make a perfect steak.
Try these comfort food recipes - Bill Leslie shares comfort food recipes sent to him by readers and his favorite shrimp and grits recipe from Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill.
Pick up strawberries curbside at these six local farms - There are still plenty of strawberries out there for the picking -- or the picking up -- at local strawberry farms. The local season in the Triangle can run through about the first week of June.
Quiz: Which North Carolina bird are you? - WRAL's Mikaya Thurmond shares a fun quiz to help you find which North Carolina bird most relates to you. She's also found a few engaging at-home projects for kids.
Do a puzzle - Puzzles take time, patience, and you eventually get a payoff. Science proves they help with mental health as well.
Catch up on the WRAL Out & About Podcast - This week's guests have included Norse Brewing Company, Saltbox Seafood and Locals Seafood.