Travel & Vacation Guide, North Carolina

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Cheap Hotels in Durham, NC

October 24th, 2009

By David Urmann

Durham is one of the cities in the United States of America in the State of North Carolina. This is Durham County’s county seat, and also the core of four counties present in Durham.

Durham, North Carolina is sprinkled with many hotels that offer great services and cheap rates. Here are some of the hotels in Durham:

Wyndham Raleigh Durham Research Training Park is at the heart of the Research Triangle Park. Their amenities include newly renovated accommodations, restaurant and lounge of very colorful themes, and a fitness room complete with whatever equipment you might want.

Holiday Inn Express and Suites is another Hotel present in Durham. They are good for both business and pleasure trip. The main attraction of this hotel is the Prime Outlets Mall at Morrisville, Duke University, North Carolina State University and Chapel Hill’s University of North Carolina.

Comfort Inn University is located at the center of Duke University and the University of Chapel Hill. These two universities are five miles away from the Hotel. Each morning, there is Complimentary Continental Breakfasts. Aside from business services, the hotel also provides recreational activities that include outdoor seasonal pool and a fitness room on site.

It has a total number of one hundred eighteen guestrooms. Other amenities provided are the wake up call, gifts shops or newsstand, fitness equipment, and business services. Pets are allowed for a certain fee.

The main attractions of Comfort Inn are the Duke University, Unc Chapel Hill, Moorehead Planetarium, Duke University Golf Course, Museum Of Art in Duke University, Dean Smith Center, South Point Mall Streets, Like And Science Museum, and Jordan Lake.

Wingate is just four miles away from the International Airport of Raleigh Durham. It is also eight miles away from the State University of North Carolina. It has a complimentary shuttle services for their guests. Spa and fitness room are present on site.

Each room is served a complimentary breakfast. Anywhere you are in the hotel, you can always have the internet connection. Guestrooms have microwave ovens and mini fridges for visitor’s use.

Other hotel amenities are complimentary airport transportation, small groups meeting room, laundry facilities, and express check-out.

As for the area attractions of Wingate, these include Southpoint Streets, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, State University of North Carolina, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina University, Crabtree Valley Mall, Cameron Village, Brightleaf Square Shopping District, Duke University, Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, and Triangle Town Center.

Comfort Suites RTP/RDU is just a few miles away from Raleigh Entertainment Area and Raleigh Durham International Airport. The main feature of the hotel is the hot complimentary breakfast, spa tub, outdoor pool and an airport transportation that is complementary.

Other hotel amenities are the banquet facilities, fireplace the in lobby, on site spa services, gift shop or newsstand, health club, and a business center.

The main attractions are the Crabtree Lake Park, Parkwood Theatre, Art Museum in North Carolina Central University, Raleigh Entertainment Arena, Museum Of Life And Science, and Downtown Raleigh.

There are many more cheap hotels in Durham North Carolina. They offer great vacation at a very affordable price. There is also the Homewood Suites, Springhill Suites, Quality Inn and Suites, Red Roof Inn at the Chapel Hill and many more.

Enjoy your stay at these cheap Durham Hotels and explore Durham without worrying about exceeding your budget. You can be sure that you will enjoy your stay in Durham. Do not also forget to visit their area attractions because this can make your trip so worthy.

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Doggin’ Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: Hike With Your Dog Where The Revolution Turned

May 30th, 2009

By Doug Gelbert

With the Revolutionary War stalemated in the North in 1778, the British strategy to win the war shifted to the South. Georgia and South Carolina were completely under British control by 1780. Nathanael Greene, an ironmaster by trade, self-taught in the art of war and George Washington’s hand-picked commander of the Southern Department, was determined to keep North Carolina out of British hands.

From his base in Virginia Greene harassed the British as their attack spread northward. Pursued by a frenetic Lord Cornwallis, Greene selected sloping ground near Guilford Courthouse to make his stand. He aligned his superior force of 4,000 men – of which scarcely one in five had ever seen battle action – in three lines to receive the British assault on March 15, 1781.

The first line, manned by inexperienced North Carolina militia, was quickly brushed aside and fled. Breaking through the second Patriot line, however, required savage fighting and by the time the redcoats reached Greene’s last line, Cornwallis was becoming desperate. As the fighting raged Cornwallis directed his artillery to fire grapeshot over his own lines into the melee of friend and foe alike. The harsh directive to fire into his own troops dispersed the Americans and saved his army.

Greene retired from the field. Technically the loser, his losses had been light. Cornwallis kept the field but lost the war at Guilford Courthouse. His army limped on to Wilmington, convinced that conquering Virginia would collapse the Revolution. Greene let him go and moved southward to reconquer South Carolina and Georgia, confident that American troops assembling in Virginia would destroy Cornwallis – which they did seven months later in Yorktown.

Begun in 1887, the 220-acre park was later established in 1917 as the first battleground of the American Revolution to be preserved as a national military park.

The military park is a local popular dog-walking destination with level, leafy paths to hike with your dog in a suburban environment. Nothing remains of either the small wooden courthouse or the community of March 15, 1781 but the dog- friendly grounds are among the most decorated of Revolutionary battlefields, graced by twenty-eight monuments.

The most impressive monument you see as you hike wit your dog is the large equestrian statue of General Greene, sculpted by Francis H. Packer. Unveiled on July 3, 1915, it bears Greene’s words: “We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.”

You can find Guilford Courthouse National Military Park on New Garden Street in Greensboro, North Carolina. Directional signs lead you in from I-85 and I-40.

I am the author of over 20 books, including 8 on hiking with your dog and the widely praised The Canine Hiker’s Bible. As publisher of Cruden Bay Books, we produce the innovative A Bark In The Park series of canine hiking books found at http://www.hikewithyourdog.com Articles in the Doggin’ America series of dog-friendly parks can be found at http://www.DogginAmerica.com During the warm months I lead canine hikes for hikewithyourdog.com tours, guiding packs of dogs and humans on hiking adventures. Tours, ranging from one-day trips to multi-day explorations, visit parks, historical sites and beaches. My lead dog is Katie, a German Shepherd- Border Collie mix, who has hiked in all of the Lower 48 states and is on a quest to swim in all the great waters of North America – http://web.mac.com/crudbay/iWeb/Katies%20Blog/Katies%20Quest.html


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