Well…we had lots of strike outs this weekend, but still managed to have a wonderful time. Our weekend started out SUPER FUN as we spent a night at the SC State Fair. I LOVE the fair. It is SO greasy and dirty and icky…but yet I love it. I love the people watching, the lights, the nostalgia I experience, I love it all. We took C last year (twice) but of course she won’t remember…this year was even better. She got to ride TWO rides and loved them! We ate good food, saw the animals and enjoyed the pretty lights at night. It certainly was a fun family night:)
Saturday morning, we woke up BRIGHT and EARLY to head to Charlotte. We had all purchased the NASCAR racing experience for my dad for Father’s Day and had made hotel reservations to make a trip out of it. OF COURSE…(seriously, worst luck) right as we get there, we get a call that it was being cancelled due to the rain. SUCKY. It was barely drizzling…we thought they would wait and make the call considering the actual driving wouldn’t occur for several more hours…oh well. Anyways, we decided to make the best of it and enjoy our time in Charlotte, so we headed over to the NASCAR hall of fame and played for a couple of hours before it was time for GAMECOCK football, which?? ALSO SUCKED. UGH!! My cocks just haven’t played up to their potential at all this year…oh well. BUT, I HATE to say this…but the sting of the loss is MUCH easier to handle when CLEMSON (our arch rival) got TORN APART by Florida State. So yeah…NASCAR was cancelled and BOTH of our teams lost. Saturday was just striking out for us all around…but we still had fun and that’s what counts!
Sunday morning, we headed over to Skytop Orchard in Flat Rock, NC to see what the fuss was all about. And by fuss…I swear everyone on social media around here raves about the place. While we enjoyed it and thought it was beautiful, I’m not sure it’s as amazing as people claim. Most of the apples on the trees were gone…unless you wanted to walk a mile into the orchard (we didn’t…we had a toddler in tow who either wants to be held or walk on her own…which is umm, pretty slow) so we just walked around and enjoyed the pretty sights…visited the animals and got our apples from the shed. They had beautiful gourds and pumpkins too. So, I’m glad we went but not sure if it’s all the RAGE people say…it was pretty to be up in the mountains this time of year though. After that we did a little sightseeing. We took the scenic way home and ended up stopping by Ceasars Head…my dad was the only person that had been there before. Besides the severe heart palpitations I got from envisioning myself or Collins go near the edge, the view was truly amazing. A fun little family adventure. We made our way home thru Greenville and stopped for a late lunch at Tupelo Honey, which did NOT disappoint. YUMMY.
We were pretty much exhausted by the time we got home last night…but it was a wonderful weekend spent with the fam and for that I am thankful. Fingers crossed for our next Nascar adventure…no rain please!
xoxo
Awww, I miss the state fair! And Tupelo Honey IS the bomb!
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