North Carolina Summer 2022

Written By Michael Fauscette

Sunset on Kerr Lake

The first trip of this Summer was a 3 week excursion in May - June to Virginia and North Carolina. I met up with a friend at a campground outside of Charlottesville, VA for a week, then on to a NC state park called Kerr Lake. Kerr Lake has several different campgrounds around the lake, and our site was lakefront. The area is very beautiful, with many hiking trails to keep Tonks entertained. The cover pic on the last post was taken at our campsite on the lake.

From Kerr Lake we went deeper into NC to the Sunshine Lavender Farm in Hurdle Mills, NC. The farm is owned by some friends and they let us camp in a pasture there for a few days. My older daughter Jess (the owners are the parents of her college roommate) met me there. The weekend is an annual festival called the “June Bloom”, which I had attended a few years ago (pre-pandemic). It was well attended with lots of activities including glass blowing, yoga, crafts and my favorite, mead tasting. Here are a few pics from the trip:


Michael Fauscette

Michael is an experienced high-tech leader, board chairman, software industry analyst and podcast host. He is a thought leader and published author on emerging trends in business software, artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, digital first and customer experience strategies and technology. As a senior market researcher and leader Michael has deep experience in business software market research, starting new tech businesses and go-to-market models in large and small software companies.

Currently Michael is the Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst at Arion Research, a global cloud advisory firm; and an advisor to G2, Board Chairman at LocatorX and board member and fractional chief strategy officer for SpotLogic. Formerly the chief research officer at G2, he was responsible for helping software and services buyers use the crowdsourced insights, data, and community in the G2 marketplace. Prior to joining G2, Mr. Fauscette led IDC’s worldwide enterprise software application research group for almost ten years. He also held executive roles with seven software vendors including Autodesk, Inc. and PeopleSoft, Inc. and five technology startups.

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