We were not really sorry to say goodbye to Lake Anna, it was not at all what we had hoped for. I can see teh attraction vacations with the kids or as a quiet weekend getaway, but it is nothing for a casual visitor in the off season.
Last night I filled out the rental car company's online accident report, with all details They do not accept photos. I sent it in, and since then we heard nothing. We were concerned they would jump on us when we turned the car in: How dare you damage our car and not notify us! You owe us tons and tons of money!
Anywho, we headed over to good old I-95, and then took, as always, the I-295 "shortcut". Saves us driving through the city traffic on 95, and when we are headed to Edenton or the beach, it saves times and miles. It also includes this wonderful Jame River Bridge.
This time, however, we took it back to 95 and continued to the NC border, where we naturally visited the North Carolina Visitors Center. Always great for a pit stop and to pick up new paper maps for us and my brother. We are old people, we like our paper maps.
Thank you, NC, we love you too and are happy to be back.
It had some cool stuff, too.
We turned off 95 at Roanoke Rapids and cleverly driving by the BBQ restaurant Bill had recommended. On the other hand, he said their green beans were not great, so no great loss, right? We also saw the actual Rapids as we crossed over them. Might be an interesting area to return to.
We cut across country, as I love so much, through various small towns. We had lunch at some fast-food place at some small town. I had searched long and hard online for an ABC (liquor) store in Plymouth, but had found nothing. So we made a stop in yet anotehr small town, sort of a "quick pull over, there's an ABC store" sort of stop. Of course there turned out to be an ABC store about a block away from our motel.
As always, since we were in the area, we detoured over to Edenton, where we paid our respects to Mom and Dad,
Also discovered there is now a Taco Bell in Edenton.
Back to our country roads and on to Plymouth. About all I will say about the motel was that it was adequate but if we stay in that area again it will be somewhere else.
Bill had told us there was a shopping center with a Piggly Wiggly AND a Rose's, what more could one possibly want? We wandered through Rose's, happy to see those stores never seem to change, I think I bought a notebook and some candy, Norbert some socks. Last of the big-time spenders, that's us!
The Piggly Wiggly was wonderful. It is a mostly Southern chain of grocery stores, mostly in small towns. They have a home-town flair and besides, how can you resist the name? And their wonderful mascot?
The best thing about the motel turned out to be the Mexican restaurant across the parking lot. Casa Garcia, family run, by people who sure know what they are doing.
Norbert had steak fajitas, I had griled chicke and shrimp ove
A very pleasant surprise.
Off to the beach tomorrow morning!
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