Well….It’s about time! Sorry to leave you guys hanging on part 2; holiday season was totally nuts for us. In the spirit of honestly, I actually got on here to do a post about my goals for 2020, and that’s when I realized I forgot to post part 2 of our trip…oops.
Boone, NC
If you read part 1 of our road trip, you might remember how we arrived in Chattanooga where there was no running water. Well, we arrived at our cabin in Boone and unloaded the car. We got settled into our beautiful cabin and were ready to enjoy a chill first night in Boone….wrong! Efraim left to get some groceries, and that’s when we learned that a van without all wheel drive does not do well on a gravel driveway with a steep incline. Long story short, the van ended up in a ditch, and we had to get it towed out. Luckily we have AAA, and there was no damage. To our defense, the tow truck driver did say he had been to that specific location multiple times for the same thing….so not really our fault. It wasn’t funny at first, but then we couldn’t help but laugh at how rough our first night at the last two locations was. The tow truck driver was so nice, and he gave us a couple of pointers for going up and down the driveway, and we didn’t have any issues after that.
Downtown Blowing Rock
Mystery Hill
Mystery Hill was so interesting. There is something called a gravity vortex at this location, and the only word I can think of to describe it at the moment is “trippy”. This gravity vortex causes this crazy gravitational pull in one direction, which is why we could lean so far back without falling and see balls roll upward and water run upward also. It was awesome and weird at the same time. Besides the vortex, there are other fun things to do at this location.
Grandfather Mountain
All I can say is that is you’re in the area, you HAVE to go to Grandfather Mountain.
Linville Falls
The hike to Linville Falls is right by Grandfather Mountain; so, we stopped by on our way back to our cabin.
The Blowing Rock
This was our last day in Boone, and the weather cleared up just in time for us to see The Blowing Rock before we headed to our last stop.
Myrtle Beach, SC
At this point in our road trip, we were heading back towards home, and our stop in Myrtle Beach was a lot more relaxed than the rest of the trip, but it was still so much fun. For the most part, we stayed at our resort and went to the beach or the pool. Fun fact….Myrtle Beach is a great place to find shark teeth. Like a nerd, I researched the best times to find them and what to look for, and I checked tide times to make sure I found some, and I found a bunch. We also played some “pup golf” as Elisa calls it.
St. Augustine, FL
To break up our last leg home, we stopped in St. Augustine to spend one night. We had spent some time here on our last road trip and loved it so much that I think this may become a regular stop on our way home.
If I didn’t say it in my last post, I’ll say it now. This was my favorite family trip to date. We love traveling and experiencing new things as a family, and we got to do just that for two weeks. Also, Efraim is so AMAZING at planning these things. He literally puts together an itinerary for our trips, down to which restaurants we are going to eat at. He’s so good at it that we joke around about him planning trips for families as a side hustle. We’ve already started planning our 2020 road trip, and I think this year’s trip will somehow be even better!
Steph On The Real 