North Carolina, Maggie Valley - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - Wheels Through Time Museum

The Wheels Through Time Museum in Maggie Valley definitely has a lot to look at!  Not only are there a lot of old Harley Davidsons (and parts) there are all kinds of other motorcycles and cars, posters, magazines and transportation related memorabilia.  If you decide to visit, it is closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  There is a $10 entrance fee.  But that gets you in for all day and it’s a pretty interesting place.

 

There were only 17 of these Harley Davidson WWII Shaft Drive Trikes produced and this one has serial number 1.  It came from a Harley dealer in Hammond, IN.

 

Steve McQueen purchased this 1917 Harley Davidson Model J from a Hollywood prop house.  The trailer is also WWI vintage and was used to transport carrier pigeons in the days before radio communication.

 

I thought this electric Harley was pretty unusual.

 

This is a view from upstairs, it doesn’t begin to show all there is to see here.

 

From the museum we headed into the local Verizon store.  Greg’s phone has been acting up so we went in for an overdue upgrade and a contract renewal.  It’s never as simple as it seems but the young man who waited on us was very helpful and knowledgeable.  After all was said and done I ended up with a new phone also (a very simple one) and a new phone number.  I’ll send the new number out in an e-mail.  I don’t have text availability but the cost for calls is less than the pay as you go plan I had and I have more minutes.  Having just one plan does simplify things.  All of Greg’s information is the same as before.

Our last stop was Ingles grocery store, this is a chain that is popular here in North Carolina.  We were looking for Nantahala sausage which was recommended to us by our friends Barbara and Anne.  We enjoyed some of this sausage when we had breakfast with them earlier in the week.  The sausage is made in Franklin, NC.  It is delivered to Ingles groceries once a week and I understand that if you don’t get there on Thursday you lose out.  We picked up 3 pounds, looking forward to having some for breakfast in the morning.  We were also happy to find sour cream and onion Pirate’s Booty.  We got hooked on Pirate’s Booty back in Indiana but could only find the white cheddar variety there.

We had more of our farmer’s market finds for supper this evening.  I put the green beans, new potatoes and ham in the crock pot and was planning to have it around 6:00 but it was smelling so good we ate at 5:00.  I have beer batter made so we can have the fried green tomatoes tomorrow night.