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No Ordinary Day » Moped enthusiasts Joshua Heald, 26, left, and Matt Surratt, 26, take a break at the highest point of the Blue Ridge Parkway during a ‘scooter tour’ from Cherokee to Asheville and back. Neither Heald nor Surratt, who is visually impaired, has a driver’s license. The scooters, which have less than 50 cubic centimeters of piston displacement (a measure of the engine’s power), can be operated without a license on North Carolina roads by riders age 16 or older. The tour took the friends four days to complete and used between four and five gallons of gasoline, all while traveling less than 30 mph. ‘It’s all about the challenge of getting there,’ Heald said.

Moped enthusiasts Joshua Heald, 26, left, and Matt Surratt, 26, take a break at the highest point of the Blue Ridge Parkway during a 'scooter tour' from Cherokee to Asheville and back. Neither Heald nor Surratt, who is visually impaired, has a driver's license. The scooters, which have less than 50 cubic centimeters of piston displacement (a measure of the engine's power), can be operated without a license on North Carolina roads by riders age 16 or older. The tour took the friends four days to complete and used between four and five gallons of gasoline, all while traveling less than 30 mph. 'It's all about the challenge of getting there,' Heald said.

Moped enthusiasts Joshua Heald, 26, left, and Matt Surratt, 26, take a break at the highest point of the Blue Ridge Parkway during a ‘scooter tour’ from Cherokee to Asheville and back. Neither Heald nor Surratt, who is visually impaired, has a driver’s license. The scooters, which have less than 50 cubic centimeters of piston displacement (a measure of the engine’s power), can be operated without a license on North Carolina roads by riders age 16 or older. The tour took the friends four days to complete and used between four and five gallons of gasoline, all while traveling less than 30 mph. ‘It’s all about the challenge of getting there,’ Heald said.

Chase Foster, 23, of Raleigh, who dubbed himself 'Embryoed,' competes in a deviled egg eating contest at The Borough bar in Raleigh, where he is a regular. 'I don't especially like deviled eggs,' Foster says. 'My technique was to stuff as much in my mouth as fast as I could. Most of the eggs ended up on the floor, but I think cheating was encouraged.' Foster estimates he came in second place behind Will Reynolds, aka Bad Egg, who ate 20 eggs in about a minute. Proceeds from the contest benefited the Humane Society.
J.R. Rogers, 19, and his girlfriend Felicia Hillard, 19, embrace for several minutes at Raleigh-Durham International Airport before Rogers boarded a plane bound for California. Rogers was leaving Raleigh to attend Bakersfield College, where he will play football. 'It's just sad,' Hillard said. 'We've been around each other since we were 11 years old. I'm happy he's going to college. I'm just sad to see him go so far.' Rogers and Hillard have a 3-year-old son, Daekwon Rogers.

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