We left Atlanta early in the morning, waking up even earlier so that we could have a quick shower and head off down the road. We had a lot of plans for today, turns out we had a lot more that we thought ahead of us! Our first stop was going to be in Maken a town in Georgia, but once we got there we decided to drive through it to make it to Savannah in time so we could spend more time there. After about three hours of driving we made it to the Visitor Center where we parked the car (for a small fee of course). We talked to the guide at the center and he advised us to walk down Bull Street which is one of the main streets there.
The street was very nice, in fact the entire town was very nice. It was beautifully built with lots of cute southern houses and very many town squares. Every couple blocks there would be a town square with a fountain or a statue and lots of grass. The weather was also very sunny and it was nice to wonder down the streets looking at ivy-covered buildings. We eventually made it to a large fountain and a large park where we soaked in the sun for a while. Then we headed back down Bull Street all the way to the water. The street next to the water was amazing, it was charming. One the one hand you had water and river boats and on the other side the street was made of little shops and restaurants in old restored warehouses. We walked up and down the street for while until we finally stopped at the Shrimp Factory for lunch. I had shrimp and grits with bacon and deliciouness. It was so great! I could eat that every day, or at least once a week. We then headed to the candy store to sample free pralines and free saltwater taffy. We also ended up buying some candy for the car trip.
After Savannah we headed up the coast to South Carolina and Charleston. That was another 2 hours. We got there just in time for dinner. Which we decided to have a Diners, Drive-in, and Dive. Once again the recommendation was great. After spending about 10 min looking around for parking we finally found on right in front of the restaurant! Score. Joel and I both had Jerk Chicken Sandwiches with fried pineapple And although it was very good, the pineapple was a little overwhelming in the sandwich in my opinion. However once I took it out, the jerk spice was really able to shine and it was yummy!
After dinner we kept heading up to a campsite we had chosen 2 hours from Charelston. Since it was already getting dark we decided that we better start hustling. When we finally got to the dirt road before the camp site we decided that 9 miles on a dirt road in the dark was not what we wanted to do. So we kept driving north. I knew there was another campsite in North Carolina we could try. So after grabbing that address we headed there. We went through Myrtle Beach and kept going. At about 1:30 a.m we got there. After driving around for a bit and only finding a parking lot and two empty trucks, we decided that this wasn't where we wanted to be and kept going.
We know we needed to be in Norfolk the next day so we just kept driving that way. However we were running short of gas and nothing seemed to be open at 2 am? Go figure. Our plan of attack was (at 3 am) to find a gas station and if it wasn't open to sleep there for a couple hours till it opened. We did find one (by chance) and it was next to a Wal-mart so, exhaustedly, we parked the car and fell asleep almost instantly. We decided to wake up early the next morning just in case!
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