The first stop on our road trip was to Pinehurst, NC to visit some of Mel’s family on Grateful Farm. As hurricane Irene barreled towards the very place we just left, we had a great time relaxing and exploring the farm, while keeping an eye on all the status updates of who was leaving and who wasn’t. The farm was on a great plot of land with tall trees and rolling hills. We even had the best scrambled eggs laid on the farm before we hit the road.