Downtown Raleigh + Dorothea Dix Park
In March of last year, we had tickets to see Mumford & Sons live (seriously one of our favorite bands) at the PNC Arena. We drove 2 hours to Raleigh and had an awesome little weekend getaway. We stayed right in downtown Raleigh at the Holiday Inn, visited the North Carolina Museum of Art, rented some scooters, and explored downtown a bit more.
We ended up eating at the Morgan Street Food Hall, grabbed some dessert at Gelato Amare, visited Sola Coffee Café for breakfast, and stopped at the Dorothea Dix Park daffodil field before heading home. I really miss photographing flowers, so this field of yellow made my heart so happy! There were also several Eastern Redbud trees that I was excited to get to photograph since they’re hot pink and bloom all over the state this time of year!!
^^ view from our hotel room ^^
^ the daffodil field is tiny, but still, they brought so much happiness ^
^^ this guy took a good nap while I took all the flower photos! ^^
^ Husband tried to get some photos of me with the camera.. these are the two that came out ok! Haha! ^
^^ iPhone photo came out best, I think! ^^
^ a souvenir postcard (I collect them) and an ornament for our Christmas tree! ^
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Rd,
Raleigh, NC 27607
Hours: 10AM – 5PM (Closed Mondays)
Website
Morgan Street Food Hall
411 W Morgan St,
Raleigh, NC 27603
Hours: 8AM – 10PM (closes @ 12AM Fri-Sat)
Sola Coffee Café
7705 Lead Mine Rd,
Raleigh, NC 27615
Website
Dorothea Dix Park
2105 Umstead Dr,
Raleigh, NC 27603
Hours: Open 24/7
(Although not now during the pandemic)