That's My World Tuesday: Cary and Apex, NC

As I've mentioned before, I live in the triangle area of NC and that area includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the Research triangle Park. I haven't mentioned the maze of towns in the area which are also interconnected in many ways. People often live in one place, work another, and go to performances and other events in the wider region beyond where they live or work.

The first two shots are of the new pedestrian bridge in Cary, NC which is very close to Raleigh . I've posted shots of the Raleigh and Durham pedestrian bridges which are similar but Cary commissioned art for their bridge. Not sure yet what I think of it. Cary used to be a very small town but in addition to expanding as a bedroom community to the triangle, Cary is also the home of SAS and other employers.

I don't have a reason to go to Cary much and it has lost so much of what used to be unique to it when it was still a small town that I rarely go there.

The map above shows the triangle region and you can see that Cary is southwest of Raleigh, south of Durham and southeast of Chapel Hill. The rest of the photographs in this post were taken in Apex, NC. As you can see on the map Apex is southwest of Cary.

Although Apex has grown like the rest of the area, it has retained a small town identity and I think has a certain charm.

I was a car passenger when I took these pictures and since the car was moving, the quality isn't great.

I think these shots get across something of the feel of the houses in the downtown area of Apex, in spite of being a bit blurry.

To visit other parts of the world, you can go to the home of that's my world Tuesday. UPDATE - I just went to another blogger from my region and noticed that his post had a shot from Carrboro which you can get to with this link. If you look at the map I posted Carrboro is Northwest of Cary and Raleigh, southwest of Durham and just below Chapel Hill.