MEANWHILE BACK AT THE TIP

RALEIGH IS A STRANGE VILLAGE TO LIVE IN. NO VILLAGE CENTRE NOR GENERAL STORE.  WHEN THE HIGHWAY BYPASSED RALEIGH A DECADE OR SO BACK AND THE TRUCK STOP WAS SHUT DOWN, I RENTED THE STOP BRIEFLY BUT DECIDED AGAINST TRYING TO OPEN A BUSINESS THERE AT THAT TIME. NOW THERE IS A MOTLEY COLLECTION OF BUSINESSES INCLUDING, AS ALWAYS, THE TIP. THERE’S PLENTY IN RALEIGH BUT ITS VERY LOW KEY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONCE A BIKERS’ CLUBHOUSE SOMEPLACE AS WELL.