About 12:30 today, Bob and I headed out for an initial perusal of Shelby after dropping Cooper off with the neighbor.
Shelby, North Carolina, is the county seat of Cleveland County with a population of about 20,000. We wanted to visit the public library to get some reading materials and then walk around the town square. It is about a 15 minute drive to Shelby from the house.
Even though it was a rainy day, we had a nice visit to Shelby (after having to drive back when we first got to the library because I forgot the library card).
Across from the library is a great park called City Park with a golf course, train, carousel, children’s playground, among other amenities.
We’re hoping we can see the carousel before we leave.
After driving around the park, we drove to the town square to check it out and the shops around the square. We also stumbled on a visitor’s center and popped in there to get some information. During our short walk we checked out a couple of cute shops and learned about some hometown heroes from Shelby.
that has been renovated into the Earl Scruggs Center.
He is in the Country Music Hall of Fame for songs like
“I Can’t Stop Loving You” and “Oh, Lonesome Me.”
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