A good road trip, in our opinion, is full of contrasts and variety. A little of this, a little of that, a whole lot of pork.

In keeping with that latter goal, we stopped at a sign promising "Butts on the Creek," a water-side barbeque joint.

The enclosed back porch is the place where you need to eat - a bucolic vista of a babbling brook and trees is simply lovely.

They served us all but flawless pulled pork sandwiches on fluffy onion rolls, with our choice of three BBQ sauces, vinegar based, mustard based and molasses based. (It was hard to choose, but we both went with molasses.)

Just gawk at the photo below; a lot of states claim to have the best barbeque, but right now, North Carolina has won our delegates.