101 things you must do in NC before you up and die (park, visit)

[montanamom]

Develop a taste for Livermush - it CAN be done!

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by montanamom

Develop a taste for Livermush - it CAN be done!

when you do please share. I tried and I just cant. It one of those things you taste . you cant taste it for a while
I think you need to mix it with something. Maybe sausage meat...hmmm

[NCyank]

Originally Posted by montanamom

Develop a taste for Livermush - it CAN be done!

I tried it once when I had a hankering for scrapple.
I don't know what happened to the recipe as it traveled from PA to the South but it isn't the same stuff. Blech!!

I think I still get points for eating scrapple though...it's the original livermush.

[Raivere]

Mountians
Skiing in the Appalachan (chan not shan) mountians,
Hike trails
Camp (spring or fall)
Apple Festival
Biltmore House

Peidmont
Try Cheerwine

Beach
Surf
Hand glide
Parrasailing
Shark'n

I couldt think of anything in the Peidmont region.

[etacarinae]

Drive from the easternmost to westernmost point , filming a long documentary of the entire trip , while stopping to fish along the way.

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by etacarinae

Drive from the easternmost to westernmost point , filming a long documentary of the entire trip , while stopping to fish along the way.

That is a good thing to do. Drive from Murphy to Manteo on highway 64
and Boone to Wilmington on Highway 421

[lovebrentwood]

One to add to your lists:

Walk the dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park at the Outer Banks.
Jockey's Ridge State Park

Google images: jockey ridge state park - Google Images

It was a lot more fun than I thought it would be -- like playing in a giant sandbox. Better to go in cooler months, too.

[montanamom]

I also thought livermush would taste like scrapple. If you fry it in thin slices until it gets crispy, it is somewhat similar. I can't stand calf's liver, but I have learned to like livermush, it's not as "gamey". But you have to get used to it. Actually, I have not been able to find scrapple down here, that must be a northen thing.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by NCN

I have done all that except ride the rapids and I think that is too dangerous. I may have missed one lighthouse.

I have experienced the entire Blue Ridge Parkway and I highly recommend it.

What I want to do is see all the outdoor dramas in North Carolina. I wish they would all get together and have one ticket for them all at a special rate.

There are different levels of rapids on different rivers...so it isn't necessarily dangerous. Most raft rental companies go over the basics prior to your trip and provide guides to go with you. It's a blast, and truly something you should do before you "up and die".

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by montanamom

I also thought livermush would taste like scrapple. If you fry it in thin slices until it gets crispy, it is somewhat similar. I can't stand calf's liver, but I have learned to like livermush, it's not as "gamey". But you have to get used to it. Actually, I have not been able to find scrapple down here, that must be a northen thing.

I had never heard it called liver "mush" before I met someone in college from Lincolnton, NC that called it that. We always called it liver pudding.