Wednesday

Today I got up at 7:30 and went downstairs to meet my dad at the hotels free breakfast buffet, where I got a waffle with chocolate chips and raspberries on top with strawberry yogurt and water. Then my mom told me to bring our wet swimsuits down to the dryer so I did #boring.  Then I got in the shower and put on an outfit. We left the hotel at 10:00. Then we headed to Charleston to take a boat ride out to Fort Sumter National Monument. We learned about Fort Sumter in school so I thought this should be fun. During the walk/tour I learned a lot, it was so much fun. Then at the gift shop I got a National Parks Pass Port. Which means every national park I go to I put a stamp on that place. It has all the national parks and I plan to get to all of them. Then we went to a place called “Page’s Okra Grill”. The wait was long but boy, that food was sooooooo good! I had sweet tea and chicken tenders. The best chicken and the sweetest sweet tea! The food was so good I think it put me in a food coma! Well you know how I got the national parks passport well we were near another one of the sites. It was the Charles Pinckney National Historical Site, and I got my stamp. I can’t wait to get them all filled up, it’s going to be awesome. Then we loaded up our stuff and headed to Savannah Georgia. After just an hour we were at our Staybridge Suites. We got our stuff and settled down a little in our room. Then we went down stairs and got our FREE dinner. Then we took a walk around the Savannah River and I got chocolate ice cream in a chocolate dipped cone. Did you say chocolate, ChOcOlAtE, CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!! [Sponge bob part! Only the cool people know this!!!!!!] After that my brother and I went downstairs, I went on the computer and he went on his Ipad and watched ocasianal t.v. We satyed down there for a good hour or so. Then we went back to the hotel room and got our P-JS on then went to bed!!!!

Tuesday

July 23, 2015- Today we got up around 8:30 a.m. Then my dad and I went downstairs to a continental breakfast. I got a waffle, maple sausage, yogurt, fruit and a bagel with cream cheese. then we went upstairs and got all nice and clean and took off to downtown Charlotte. We went through a market where I got a bunch of bows!  Yay! Downtown was pretty much historical. So I had a bunch of fun learning about the buildings, town and peoples history. We had lunch at this cool restaurant that used to be someone's house and supposedly it was haunted by them.  Around five o'clock we headed out and we went back to the hotel . When we got back we swam for a good 45 minutes. After that my mom got takeout from this place called "East Coast Wings". Following that we put on our P-J's and I went to sleep.

Monday

On Monday, we got back into the car. Woohoo! It took 4  hours to get to South Carolina. But we did stop at this place, Sparky's. I got Poprocks  and  Laffy Taffy. Then we were back in the car for an hour. At around 7:00 we got to the hotel and it was pretty nice. We got to our room and YUCK! There was a terrible smell of cigarette smoke! So we went downstairs to see if there was a another room we could stay in and sure enough there was. Woohoo! Then we went to a restaurant called "Burger Grill" And that was my day!

Sunday

On Sunday we got up around 8:00. We ordered room service and I got chocolate chip pancakes with sausage and an strawberry orange smoothie. Yum! Then we got dressed and went on a hike that went along the Eno River that we could swim in! We got subway and had a wonderful lunch out in the wilderness. Then we checked out this really old house. We got in the car and went back to the hotel. When we got back we got in our bathing suits and went swimming again. Next we had went to a Italian restaurant and I got some really good pasta. Then we walked six blocks to an actual Ben and Jerry's ice cream store. Mmmhhhmmm the best ice cream ever. Then we went to a Walgreens and I got a mason jar to catch......... FIREFLIES!!!! So when we got to the hotel my mom and I went on the walk around the lake and I was running around catching fireflies. Then my mom yelled "DEER" and I ran over and there it was a deer. Now I've seen a lot of deer before, but this one was so exciting for some reason. Then after that we went back to the hotel I fell right asleep.

Saturday

 Saturday we got to North Carolina. What a relief, we had been in the car for hours. We we're all starting to get a little stir crazy. But the car ride was fun the last 2 hours because we stopped at a really cool historical place called "House in the Horseshoe". Then we got to the hotel and it was beautiful. It was on a lake with an indoor and outdoor pool that collided so you wouldn't have to get out to go outside or inside! And it had a basketball court that my brother loved. And it had a sidewalk that went all the way around the lake. When we got to the hotel, my brother and I  threw on our bathing suits and we dove right into the pool and swam for about 1 hour. Then when we got out of the pool, we put on nice clothes and went to a bar-b-que restaurant called "The-Q-Shack". Then we went to the hotel and that was the end to a perfect day!!!