It was slowly becoming evident that long stretches in the car were wearing on all of us. Little snaps and bickering made a few appearances, but all in all we kept it together. I have my suspicions that iTunes and headphones played a role in keeping the peace ;)
We had a great breakfast at a diner on A1A in Daytona Beach. The view wasn't fantastic (we couldn't see the water), but the empty lots having yet to be developed across the street, provided a fantastic view of the blue sky. There was a bit of local banter happening around us, making it evident this wasn't a typical tourist spot. Stuffed, we pushed on to Georgia.
On a mission to get oranges and peaches, we stopped a number of times. The boys got a kick out of the deep, southern accents - mimicking them periodically in the car. I ended up with a couple bags of oranges, peaches, pecan meal, and a whole lot of moonshine. Hey, some people buy souvenirs, me, I buy food and alcohol!
We arrived at the hotel in Richmond just before 10pm and there was a very loud band playing in the restaurant. Had we not exhausted ourselves with all the driving, and were we not completely done in from vacation in general, I may have chosen to stay and listen. Instead, we ordered room service, I wrote a couple overdue blog posts, and we called it a night.
The stretch of road through South Carolina and North Carolina is long, and relatively boring when you are use to the hills, turns and ever-changing landscape of the Northeast. By far my favorite part of that section of the drive, was seeing the actual South of the Border location, because then I knew I wouldn't have to see another billboard telling me about it the rest of the trip. Knowing we only had a couple hours to drive in the morning to get to DC, was the second best part.
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