I love Labor Day. Well, let me be more specific: I love any government holiday that allows my husband to be home for a four day weekend (he also gets the Friday before off). Super!! This Labor Day we decided to take a couple of day trips to some cool surrounding areas, so instead of spending money on a hotel, we got to see two different places instead of just one.
We left first thing Saturday morning and drove the 2 hours to Myrtle Beach. We have totally fallen in love with Myrtle Beach-- it isn't stinky like the New Jersey shore, it's FREE to use and FREE to park, and the surrounding area is just one big vacation mecca with tons of shopping, restaurants, and mini golf.
It pretty much rocks. I was worried about it being crowded since it was Labor Day weekend, but we basically had it to ourselves. The water was warm, the weather was perfect, and it was overall just a great day at the beach.
After playing for a couple of hours we got dinner at Five Guys, and then headed to hit up the outlet malls with all of their Labor Day sales. We had a blast shopping! We get so deprived in Pinehurst with only Walmart and Kohl's to choose from.:)
Monday morning we decided to head to Charlotte, since we hadn't been there yet. It's only about 90 miles away, but because there aren't really any freeways that go East/West in the South, it takes almost 2 1/2 hours to get there because you have to putter along various country highways. Not crazy about that! But we made it just in time for lunch at "Cabo Fish Taco" which was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.
I got the special salmon burrito with chipotle sauce, and Jon got the honey wasabi burrito. It was pretty good!
Charlotte is famous for its local plantations, which I was SO excited to tour, but naturally they were all closed on Labor Day. So instead we swung by the downtown area, coincidentally where the Democratic National Party would be camped out later that week.
Then we headed to IKEA-- which is the only one for miles and miles, so it was a good time to get my IKEA-fix before the bambino comes. Plus the kids LOVE playing in the "Smaland" playplace which is fine by me to get to shop solo for once. We finally coaxed Zach out of the ball pit with the promise of chocolate cake up in the IKEA restaurant. Yum! All in all, we had some great day trips and will definitely be going back to both sometime soon!
4 comments:
Sounds like a fun Labor Day! I'm excited that there is an Ikea in Charlotte. Maybe we'll have to make a trip to Charlotte when we're there for Thanksgiving.
Looks so fun. I miss the beach. Sophie has only been to the beach once (last May when we went to San Diego). She got knocked over and didn't love it, but I'm sure if we went more often she would. How fun. You're making that beach house vacation sound more and more fun every day!
Sounds like a fabulous weekend! The beach is looking awesome after being outside in our newly-turned cold weather. And I love getting caught up on your blog--you guys do fun things.
I didn't realize you were so close to Myrtle. Lucky! We'll have to do another trip there soon. Eva is convinced Thanksgiving means hotel, beach and lagoon pool.
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