Sorry we didn’t blog yesterday. We’re still having trouble finding reliable places to upload entries and pictures. But here we are in Cummings (outside of Atlanta) at Jacqueline’s uncle and aunt’s house so now is our chance!

Leaving Washington was relatively uneventful. We made our way to Charlotte without incident, but we had a little trouble finding Timmy’s apartment. Luckily we had his roommate Nicholas’s number. He was really friendly toward us and even showed us a recording of his re-enactment of the Bad Romance video. It was good times. Jacqueline was the one who got to creep in Timmy’s bed and I was jealous, but its ok because I slept on his door. (What? Did he say door?)

The next morning we went to see Jacqueline’s grandmother for breakfast. She is a treat! We chit chatted a bit about our plans and where we are heading. But she is a busy busy woman and we couldn’t stay for too long. We headed back to Timmy’s and packed up our stuff to go to Myrtle Beach!

Getting around that city was a beach (you know, like bitch except I said beach). We finally found the KOA and it was ritzy! There was a pool, a water park, and free Wi-fi all throughout the camp, even though it was pretty spotty in most places. And the area was so cleared out I had to make the fire from pinecones and used AAA guidebooks. It was quite the camping experience… but it was two blocks from the beach so who can complain?

We met a bunch of cool people just from walking up and down the beach. Trevor is an army man from Kansas who was on vacation with his ‘loner’ friend, so he was happy to befriend us. He is really friendly and hung out with us for most of the night and the next morning. We also met a girl and her brother from Tennessee who were friendly, three people from West Virginia, and a couple of Jersey Bros. Doing all this reassured how well Jacqueline and I can make friends.

That first time swimming in the evening was great! But I ended up losing my gauge so I had to buy a new set. We left and used the beer money we brought to the beach to do so. They are much clunkier… We made our way back to the campsite where we cooked our dinner. We grilled some fresh corn and heated soup straight from the can over the fire. Delicious! Jacqueline bought some wine and we had a fair buzz when we went back to the beach at ten. That’s when we met everyone. We went night swimming and then just walked up and down some more. It was great!

Back at the campsite we revived the fire and hung out with our neighbors (the Jersey bros). Then we went to bed after a long day.

The next morning we met up with Trevor again and swam. It was our last chance to swim in the ocean until we get to the west coast so we wanted to get as much as possible.

Funny things we saw on the road:

- “Squirrel Level Road”

- Marlboro soil and water conservation district (its more funny when you think of it as the cigarette company, but Marlboro is a county in North Carolina)

- A cross on the side of the road that read “Rocky Cox” – SC

- A billboard advertising “Once upon a child: Kid stuff with previous experience” – Myrtle Beach SC

- A gas station closed so long they were advertising $1.09 a gallon

- “Booty Bros

- A house has a large sign in the front that said “Spiritual experience and advice” with an large purple Jesus idol in the front yard. – leaving Myrtle Beach, SC

- A legit road sign in South Carolina read just “Church”

Dan

I want to add two things. 1) A note to all the drivers we shared the road with in Alabama. Seriously? Seriously. Going over 90 MPH, changing lames every two seconds with out signaling, cutting people off, and just being downright ridiculous. Stop it. We heard on the radio that NY received the lowest scores on written road tests in the country. Somehow I feel like they missed a few people down south…

2) I am surprised by how similar the radio stations are down here. They play all the same lame pop music and have maybe just a few more religious stations but that’s it. But we mostly use our Ipods. We switch between shuffle and marathons of Gnarles Barkley, Lady Gaga, Rilo Kiley, Guster and what ever fits our feeling at the moment. And on our way to Mrytle, while Dan was sleeping, I took advantage of my alone time and listened to Nothing but my absolute favorite band- The Nields.

I think the video says the rest of the things I wanted to say.

Jacqueline