Nickname: The Tar Heel State

Capital: Raleigh

We couldn’t pass on to the Outer Banks from Okracoke because of the damage done to the islands by Hurricane Isabel.

We met our newlywed friends, Chip and Sarah, to go to a NASCAR race in Rockingham.

Very clever: a “Tar Heel” is someone who has stepped in tar. This came from the time that there was lots of tar production in NC.

The Venus Flytrap is a native plant of this state.