Roanoke Rapids, NC
Many towns have some form of public “themed” art and Roanoke Rapids in no exception. I love it. There are Bear statues in Cherokee and Pig statues in Lexington NC and the Roanoke Rapids area has Fish. The Roanoke River Valley claims to be the Striped Bass (Rockfish) Capital kind of like Lexington claims to be the BarBQ Capital of NC. Here’s a link to some info about the local artwork. We were able to find 3 of the fish in our routine route between the CG, Mom’s and a few restaurants. The first one I noticed was at a CCB bank. Notice the dollar lure in the mouth.
Another one that I saw was at the best BarBQ restaurant around this area, Ralph’s BBQ. This place is close to I95 and has been in business since the 1940’s.
The other fish that I clicked on was at the Quality Inn also near I95. It looks more like a rainbow trout than a rockfish.
We’ve enjoyed visiting with my family a lot lately so now we plan to visit with Gin’s folks for a few days. It has been nice to be able to do this but we plan to go back to the driveway for a couple of weeks to get my final crown (on my tooth, not my head!). The house has been shown a couple of times but we will not announce any “news breaks” about it. We know that it will sell some time…
Thanks for dropping by and enjoy each day of your life’s journey by finding beauty in the ordinary.
11 comments:
It's really cool when communities display art like that. It's usually always done by local artists too. I love the fish. They are so colorful. It just kind of lifts your spirits :)
Cute - definitely a fishy place. Good luck with the crown and the sale!!
One of those fish would look great as a hood ornament on your new Journey...
Cool Fish;o))
Nice that you are making the most of your time with family!!
Love the fish with the dollar bill in his mouth...how appropriate!
Good luck with the house. You made me hungry for some NC bbq!
Clever motifs on the fish. We have donkeys around here..not so clever on the paint jobs though ;-)
Very cool (and colorful!) fish! How did we miss them when we were up in RR last time? Ralph's is yummy x 1000!! I sure do miss NC BBQ (and you two!!!).
Good luck with the crown - I hate that but better to get it done before hitting the road.
Love the fish. Very colorful.
Good luck with your crown -- ewww! You both deserve a crown on your head for the positive way you're handling all the ups and downs on the house. Wishing you nothing but "ups" in the future!
Very fishy:)
Love all the colorful fish. Sorry to hear your house is back on the market. Maybe it will sell real soon.
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