Every week we take our dogs to Peak Paws near Apex (about a 40 minute drive) for physical rehab (yes, we’re that kind of dog parent). The route takes us by Jean’s Neighborhood Market, a very self-consciously country store with tractors around it.
The store turned out surprisingly fun. Lots of sweets and baked goods, some coffee and tea from local companies (I picked up a blend of black tea with yaupon, a caffeinated native North American plant used in a ritual drink by some indigenous cultures). A pumpkin pie that tasted delicious. Local produce (we didn’t get any this time but we may go back). And then stuff like this.
If that wasn’t fun enough look what we saw walking alongside the road on our drive out.
It was a most satisfactory date.
