My sweetheart in No. Carolina says measurements are as follows,
Next door = 1-2 minutes
Right up the road =5-10 minutes
A couple miles = 10-20 minutes
Not too far = 20-50 minutes
A little ways = over half an hour
A pretty good ways = 2+ hours

I had dinner with some of her friends, wow, I had to pay close attention to figure out what they were saying.
She's been there long enough to translate for me but not long enough to sound like a local herself.
Super people, they do sound a bit different though.. Bless their heart. grin or maybe it's me that sounds different....


"Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them.
You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend."
Isak Dinesen