Category: 2023 Myrtle Beach

Left the house at 5:08 AM got up at 4:30 AM

Plan to be in Fort Chiswell, Virginia by around 5 PM today

Stopped for coffee at approximately 6:20 AM. at Niagara on the Lake. Spent the big bucks. Did a Starbucks drive-through.

Arrived at the border in Fort Erie at 6:48 AM.

Almost no wait, only two cars ahead of us

Stopped for breakfast at McDonald’s at 8:00 AM in Pennsylvania.. Just across the state line.

Back on the road 8:45 AM

Stopped for coffee and gas at 10:20 AM in Portersville PA

Back on the road 10:37 AM

Stopped for lunch at Wendy’s in Waynesburg PA at 12:05 PM. Finished lunch and back on the road at 12:55 PM

Arrived in West Virginia at 1:08pm

Stopped at Canyon Rim Visitor Centre in Lansing West Virginia at 3:30 PM. Back on the road 4:10pm

Checked in to Super 8 in Fort Chiswell 5:50pm.

6:04pm, gas 7:10pm back at hotel 7:20 PM

Went to bed before 9 PM last night. Well, everyone except Poppy of course.

Breakfast at 7:30 AM back at the room by 8 AM on the road 8:45 AM. Harry, Maggie and I enjoyed the biscuits and sausage gravy.

Stopped for coffeez at 9:35 AM. Back on the road 9:40 AM.

Stopped at North Carolina rest area at 11:15 back on the road 1125

Didn’t bother stopping again until Myrtle Beach.

Had lunch at McDonald’s at 2:19pm. Bought some metal sand shovels around 3pm and checked in to Beach Colony at 3:15pm.

We spent the morning at the beach. The ocean was so warm that Harry and I spent quite a while, bobbing up and down on the waves. Then a slightly large wave crashed over our heads and stole Harry’s glasses.

Harry was without his glasses for about four hours. Leanne took him to get not one new pair but two new pairs for 160 USD. (Edit: It would have been 199 USD for a single pair but with the back-to-school special it was actually cheaper to buy two pairs! LC)

Harry and Leanne had a nice time drinking expensive coffee and sharing a muffin while they waited for the new glasses, which were ready in 52 minutes. (Edit: We went to Panera Bread, which was right next to the Eyemart Express, and both the cranberry muffin and the dark roast coffee were delicious! LC)

I got to work and Daisy and Magnolia got to watch Poppy