Barbara Thompson

Friday, October 2, 2026 We went a couple blocks to Hoskins family restaurant – highly rated by the locals. (By the way, Michael just read that the median age of the population of North Myrtle beach is about 62. We fit right in) We passed it yesterday and the line went down the block at

Thursday, October 1, 2026 The day started with at least three people up to see the sunrise. I was not one of them. This is Nancy’s version of three nearly identical choices. Today was a pool day instead of a beach day. There was walking around the beach, but we got wet in the pool.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 My whole goal in coming back to Myrtle Beach was to sit in chairs on the beach with my sisters. Goal achieved! We also played in the waves a lot. Our new umbrellas not stolen, just taken, were FANTASTIC! People close to us built a big sandcastle. I thought these were

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Donna, Michael, and Nancy have been traveling since Saturday. They enjoyed a visit to Nashville, then Ashville with the Biltmore and the gorgeous Omni hotel. The sisters went for a walk on the beach. I made the boys not go with us, because they are not our sisters. They did a

Monday, September 28, 2026 I am a Buc-ee’s convert. First, we ate the sugar pecans today and they were great. Great. For dinner, we cooked the jambalaya stuffed chicken and might be the best thing I have ever cooked. To be clear, Keith cut open the package, I got out a baking dish, covered it

Sunday, September 27, 2026 Our friend Gary described Buc-ee’s as amazingly weird and I could not have said it better. Buc-ee’s is a chain of travel stores known for many gas pumps and clean bathrooms. Why they are enormous and filled with a gazillion people, I don’t know. Coming South from Charlotte our direction voice

Saturday, September 26, 2026 We slept in after our busy Dollywood days. Nice. We officially entered the Great Smoky Mountains National Park just south of Pigeon Forge. It as a lovely green drive. We thought we would stop in Gatlinburg and look for lunch. That was not a good plan. We crept down the main

September 25, 2026 It’s 9/25! Get it? 9 2 5, Nine to Five! Dolly Parton day. We got stickers of Dolly today when entering the park. A LOT of people were wearing Dolly shirts today. It seemed appropriate that we visited the Dolly museum today – saw lots of sparkly clothes and fancy shoes –

Thursday, September 24, 2026 Dollywood was great. It was not at all what Keith was expecting – it far exceeded expectations for him. It was what I was expecting and was just as nice as I anticipated. The fall decorations were terrific! During the day and at night! There were hats and bubbles! There was

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 I’ll start with the end of the day, because it just happened and it’s fresh. The last two hours of our journey was three hours long. It involved lots of rain, flood warnings, then flood advisories, cars and semis with their flashers on going slowly (but not white pickup trucks. They