Today I went to the Festival for the Eno River in Durham.

It's a 3-day music festival to raise money for conservation of the Eno River. I parked at the Durham stadium and a bus took me to the festival site. I walked around alone for a while and then met up with Mike.

There were a lot of different bands from the Carolinas and surrounding states. It was a very warm day, and it was great to sit in the shadow and listen to good music. I liked the performances by
Nina Violet and The Grandsons quite a lot.

The bus from the parking lot to the festival site.

The first band I saw, while enjoying my Sunday morning coffee.

Appalachian clogging. No Dutch clogs.

A combination of singing and story telling.

Eco-friendly sink for hand washing: Use Yer Foot.

A sand sculpture with the Eno's mascot, the squirrel.

A frozen banana dipped in chocolate. It was interesting but not very delicious.

A band from D.C.

Yesterday was the Fourth of July, Independence Day in the U.S.

I spent a very enjoyable afternoon at Michael's place where he had invited some friends. The weather was beautiful and the pool was great.

Around 5:30 pm Belen, Emily, Esteban and Christoph picked me up and we went to downtown Durham. At the American Tobacco District we enjoyed the sun and a live R&B concert. Later in evening we walked to the baseball stadium, which opened after the 7th inning of the game between U.S. and Japan (the U.S. won).

There was a children's choir singing the National Anthem, and a fireworks show closed the day.

The stage under Lucky Strike's tower.

The Durham Bulls ball park.

Sunday I tried a new, excellent running trail.

It turns out Duke University has a golf course fairly close to our home with a running trail around the golf terrain. Esteban and Belen had mentioned it last week -- thanks a lot!

It's a great 2.5 mile long nature trail with distance markers and a public water fountains. It's a little over a mile from our home so all together I ran about 5 miles on Sunday. This was a bit more than I should have done and it took me 2 days to recover.

I hope that I feel good enough to go for a shorter run in the morning. It's Fourth of July tomorrow so a day off, and before all the festivities start I hope to try out my new running shoes.