DAYS 41-44 – North Carolina BBQ! Yum!!
On Monday, I had to dive into work to make up for taking Sunday off. That always happens so I’m not a Monday fan. Richard checked at the front office and my camera had arrived! Good thing, too, because I needed it when Max rode his bike without training wheels for the very first time! Yea, Max!!!
After he and Andi both finished their schoolwork for the day, they rode all the way around the block together. Max didn’t fall at all. When he rode back into our spot here…he ran into the back of our car. Don’t worry. He didn’t even get a scratch and neither did the car. After we realized there were no injuries, we all had quite a belly laugh about that.
On Tuesday, Max did his schoolwork while we did business stuff and then Richard took the boys to the park. In the afternoon, the boys played outside while Richard drove to the store and bought goodies for a cookout. Andi, Frank and Randy all stayed for dinner. It was a lot of fun and we sure will miss them. 
Wednesday was the day Max was dreading. He started to get teary-eyed whenever he thought about leaving Andi. We woke up early and got all packed up. I’m pretty sure I will never get all the sand out of this RV! It is EVERYWHERE! Andi and her dad spent about an hour with us before it was time to pull out. Max said a tearful goodbye and we took pictures. We pulled away and Max and Andi were waving to each other. Max was very, very sad for the rest of the day and that evening. He called Andi after we got to our next destination. That cheered him up a bit, but not much.
It rained most of the day, which fit Max’s mood. Our next stop was a hotel in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. We parked the RV, checked in, and went to our room. It had quite a 70s feel to it with all the light greens and geometric patterns. I’m pretty sure Carol Brady herself decorated it!
We dumped our bags, and found a fantastic North Carolina barbeque place for lunch. If you’ve never had North Carolina barbeque, you have sadly neglected your taste buds and your soul. It is AWESOME! After stuffing ourselves with pulled pork, we visited the Wright Brother’s Museum for one of Max’s field trips. Luckily, the rain had stopped for awhile.
It was very interesting for all of us…except Mason. He was far more interested in the huge empty field outside, where he made a friend. His friend didn’t speak any English and Mason doesn’t speak Spanish (except for a few phrases he’s picked up from Dora the Explorer) but they got along so well! They laughed and ran and laughed some more! You see, you don’t have to speak somebody’s language to be their buddy! When we left, Mason cried and said, “Oh no! My friend!!”
I posted a short video of Mason with his friend HERE. Toward the end, you can see how easily a 3-year-old can get distracted by a passing truck. Ha ha.
That evening, we drove along the coast, looking at endless rows of homes for rent. Of course, it’s not the busy season so most of them are vacant and look very cold, dark and lonely. It was chilly and still misty with intermittent rain so trying to imagine thousands of people in flip flops and bathing suits, trudging to the beach, was a bit difficult. We had dinner at a local place that was just a hair better than awful. We shoulda gone back to the barbeque place!!
I’ve posted more pictures of our trip HERE.
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