Helllllooooooo.
This is the last part of my Charlotte travel diary, as all of this would not have fit into one post.
Yes, technically I should have posted this months ago, but somehow I just now got around to it.
Enjoy!
June 29th (the day after my birthday and our last full day in NC):
After a long night of partying hard, we crashed at the hotel and woke up the next day feeling exhausted and worn out.
We woke up pretty early so we wouldn’t miss breakfast. We all got dressed and went downstairs to the breakfast bar/buffet (what do you even call those?) and found a table. We all got our food and sat down to eat.
I was at our table, peacefully eating my waffles, and across the room there was a TV. So, of course, I felt intrigued to watch it. It took me a moment to realize I was watching Panic! At The Disco performing live on the Today Show.
Once I realized what it was, I almost screamed. Of course, I couldn’t hear the TV from across the room, but I watched every second of it. (We actually ended up searching for and watching the videos on youtube after we got home.)
After breakfast, we went back up to our room and got dressed in our swimsuits to go down to the pool. We stayed there a while, and I even got my hair wet (which I said I didn’t want to do).
When we got done there, we went back to our room to shower and dress in clean clothes.
We went out to Shelby, North Carolina to drive around and explore old memories.
After driving around for a bit, we went out to Sunset Cemetery in Shelby, NC. Some of my mom’s family was buried there, so we figured we’d stop by.
On the way there, we saw a community garden outside next to a church. My mom cried and picked a bouquet to leave on her family’s graves. I helped her pick some flowers and ended up taking pictures of them because they were so pretty.
I also took some photos at the cemetery that I think turned out pretty good. They weren’t necessarily professional photos, but for my crap camera I think they look pretty nice.
After visiting the cemetery, we stopped at a place called Bridge’s Barbecue to eat lunch.
Basically they’re a southern food restaurant who have been around for over 70 years. I ordered a barbecue plate, which was more than enough food, and a SunDrop soda. I’m not much of a soda drinker, and this was my first SunDrop. I literally fell in love, it was so freaking good.
The food at this restaurant was definitely an A+ from me and my entire family. The barbecue, hush puppies, fries, slaw, and even the desserts were all fantastic. I ate a Boston Creme Pie (like a slice of a chocolate/cream cake) for dessert, and it was amazing.
I ate so much food, and I honestly want to go back. If you like southern/country food, this is the place to go. Should you ever find yourself in Shelby, North Carolina, I definitely recommend eating here at least once.
After eating lunch, we drove around some of the surrounding areas of Shelby and Lincolnton. We listened to MCR (My Chemical Romance) in the car and drove to a local bar/cafe type place where a friend of my dad’s had some of his artwork on display.
We found a place to park and walked a block or so to the building, and I took a few pictures of the art on display.
After that, we walked around the area, where I took tons if pictures of the beautiful street art all over the buildings.
We got back to our car and drove around until it got dark. Then, we stopped at Little Caeser’s to get pizza for dinner. We also got donuts from Krispy Kreme for dessert.
I sat in my bed (yes, I had a bed to myself in our hotel room) and ate dinner while watching tv. I saved my donuts for the next day.
I eventually
That was pretty much the perfect way to end our last day on vacation.
June 30th (going home):
Waking up this morning was a little disappointing. Not that I didn’t want to wake up, but I wasn’t necessarily looking forward to going home.
You know after a trip/vacation, going home seems boring? That’s kind of how I felt.
A tradition of mine is jumping on the hotel beds before we leave. So my brother, sister and I did just that. We jumped on the beds, and, if you’ve never done that before, you’re missing out on quite a lot. It was tons of fun.
Then we packed up all our stuff and got ready to leave. We ate breakfast (where I ate three frosted donuts) and then got all of our things into our car.
We checked out of the hotel and settled into the car. We were going to visit my mom’s friend before we officially left NC.
We visited my mom’s friend, who I’ll leave nameless, and her daughter (who’s 18) showed me her collection of Jeffree Star liquid lipsticks (which are GORGEOUS btw 👌). Their dog was so sweet, even though she kept sitting on my feet. 😂
Also, they bought me a little birthday present, since my birthday was a couple days before. It was a small silver toe ring (I don’t wear much jewelry, but it’s actually really pretty). Honestly the idea of wearing a toe ring makes me want to cry, so I just wore it on my fingers. I actually love it!
(What do you think?):
We hung out for a little while at their house, talking and listening to music (yes, we heard p!atd 😏), and then we eventually said our goodbyes. A lot of photos were taken, and I tried to stay away from the cameras (I honestly hate pictures of myself).
We got in the car to leave and I ate my two donuts from Krispy Kreme (which we got the night before). They were kind of messy (I got oreo and birthday cake flavors), but they tasted delicious.
We drove back home and, thankfully, our cat was still alive. We picked up our dog from the kennel the the day after I think.
And that was the perfect end to our (mostly) perfect trip to Charlotte.
Thank you so much for reading all this!
I’m so sorry about publishing this so late. I’ll work on my “schedule” sometime soon. And, while my break from blogging was much-needed, I can’t wait to continue my blog from here. More posts coming soon!
xoML
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