10 Years and Counting

The day has finally arrived and it is time to head to Myrtle Beach.  It has been a busy couple of weeks and we are certainly ready for a vacation.  We loaded up most of the truck on Thursday night and enjoyed a quick drink with Grace and Ralph.  They surprised us with new hats to commemorate 10 years of going to Myrtle Beach together.  We went to bed at 11:30 pm and were up at 4:00 to finalize our last bit of packing and have a quick shower.  We picked up Grace and Ralph and were on the road by 5:00 am.  First stop was a coffee at Starbucks in Burlington.  We arrived just as they opened.  Next stop was the border.  We drove up to the gate with no one in front of us.  We hardly had any questions asked and off we went.  I dozed a bit in the car after little sleep.  The drive was very smooth.  We had rain through all of West Virginia and Virginia and the beginning of North Carolina.  We stopped at Total Wines in Winston Salem and were able to find the wine we enjoyed (J Lohr White Reisling 2016) when we went to California.  We continued on to Asheboro where we will stay for the night and saw a gorgeous rainbow.  It was even a double rainbow.  We arrived around 6:15 pm.  We unloaded a few items in our room and made plans for dinner.  We ended up going across the street to Kickback Jacks.  Grace noticed the sign saying Crafts.  She got all excited that they would have crafts only to find out it was craft beer.  Dinner was good and now we are relaxing in our room before turning in.  Tomorrow we have approximately 3 1/2 hours to get to our hotel.  Hoping we don't have any issues with flooding on the roads.