We left Blackwell on Thursday morning June 23, 2011 and ended the day in Memphis Tennessee. Emily came with us since she and Samantha were already pros at this roadtrip. She had to make it bearable again for Samantha! We ate at Corkys Bar-B-Q and had their sweet tea and dry rub ribs...YUMMM!!!
The 24th was a drive day! We stopped in Flat Rock North Carolina for the night and stayed at Mountain Lodge. The pool was great for the girls and the sunset was beautiful from our room.
Up bright and early on the 25th to head to Charlotte, North Carolina to tour Charlotte motor speedway. We did not take the official tour, but did walk all over the grandstands. Gotta love a good racetrack!
Finally arrived at Litchfield resort at Pawley's Island South Carolina that afternoon and the first thing we did after buying a boogie board for Emily was hit the beach! It was right outside the place we were staying, we just had to walk past the pool and lazy river to get there. Bottom left of this picture was the view from our balcony.
June 26th was the official beach day. We swam on the beach, we walked on the beach and just floated in the ocean. That evening we went up to Murrell's inlet and ate at Drunken Jacks for seafood. I had the Mahi Mahi which was wonderful. Samantha and Emily split the steak and shrimp and Stephen had Crabcake. YUMMY!
Gettin' our Americana on by touring racetracks and now an aircraft carrier. The USS Yorktown is parked at Charleston so we drove down and toured it. Stephen could have spent hours there. Samantha and Emily not so much! They were great though and we had a good time.
Our last day...time to head home. Goodbye beach. Miss you already!
Since we were driving right by it anyway, we stopped at Talladega Superspeedway and took the official tour there. We got to ride around the bottom of the track to see the 33 degree banking. Our van driver told us all kinds of stories about the history of the track. I had forgotten that Davey Allison had died there when his helicopter crashed. Sad memory... Stephen could have talked to that guy all day! It was great to see him enjoy something so much!
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