We spend three weeks on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, staying at Goose Creek RV & Campground Resort. Along the way, we explore Fort Macon State Park, the North Carolina Maritime Museum (Blackbeard artifacts!), and Beaufort’s Old Burying Ground. We have the best shrimp and grits yet (well, Jeff does), and more (mostly) great food. Of course, some yarn and fabric stores get a visit too!

LINKS

• Goose Creek RV Resort
• Angies Lighthouse
• The Banks Grill
• Compass Grill
• Mo’Bettah Pizza
• The Salty Sheep
• Yarn Tales
• DesignZ by Doodle
• Fort Macon State Park
• North Carolina Maritime Museum
• Beaufort Old Burying Ground
• Crystal Coast / Atlantic Beach Info

In season 1, episode 31 of Next Stop Somewhere, we travel through eastern North Carolina, ending up near Maysville after a frustrating start at Harbor Point in Sneads Ferry. The stench from a water treatment plant and a tornado warning spice things up. After that, we spend some time in Wilmington enjoying a horse-drawn historic district tour run as a rescued-horse program, review local craft shops, and have some good to not-so-good food.

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1. Thousand Trails Harbor Point at Sneads Ferry
2. The Lakes RV and Cabin Resort
3. Piggly Wiggly
4. Our Crepes and More
5. Abruzzo’s Pizza
6. Kilwin’s Chocloate and Ice Cream
7. Fran’s Sewing Circle
8. Bernina World of Sewing Willmington
9. Yarns of Willimington

We visit and are quickly charmed by Charleston - one of the few places we wished we could have spent more time at! From the James Island County Park Campground - one of the best we’ve ever stayed at - to City Market, the French Quarter, The Battery, Fort Sumter, Charles Towne Landing and a trip to Driftwood Beach on Edisto Island, we pack more into this one week than we ever have! There’s history - the Civil War! Gullah Geechee culture!. There’s incredible food - The Glass Onion! Early Bird Diner! King Claw! And of course, there are yarn and fabric stores, PLUS - bonus tattoos at The Edge Tattoo.

• 00:00 Welcome to Charleston
• 02:55 James Island Campground Tour
• 07:52 Charleston Food Crawl
• 17:39 Yarn and Fabric Shop Reviews
• 23:20 Fort Sumter
• 27:05 City Market and Battery
• 31:21 Tattoos
• 39:42 Final Signoff and Teaser

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• James Island County Park Campground
• City Market
• The Battery
• Fort Sumter National Historic Park
• Leon's Fine Poultry and Oyster
• The Glass Onion
• Early Bird Diner
• King Claw Juicy Seafood and Bar
• El Pollo Guapo
• Five Eighth Seams
• Wild and Wooly
• Spool’s Quilt and Stitchery
• Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
• The Edge Tattoo (Rodney Taylor’s Instagram Page)
• Driftwood Beach on Edisto Island
• Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor

We visit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, staying at the massive Ocean Lakes Family Campground to attend our first Brinkley rally, with a ton of but vendor services and discounts on upgrades to the home. Plus, a couple of restaurants, a couple of fabric and yarn stores, and a must-miss museum to cap it all off!

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• Ocean Lakes Family Campground
• ABC Upfitters
• Rambling Man
• Morryde Rear Stabilizers
• The Awning Man
• Aroma’s Pizza
• La Poblanita Restaurant
• Barefoot Needle Art
• Ripley’s Believe or Not - Myrtle Beach edition

Jeff and Louise have a disappointing stay at Carolina Landing Thousand Trails due to a steep, cramped site, made better by a visit from their youngest and their granddaughter. Food and yarn shops are explored, but the highlights (aside from the family visit!) are the Georgia Aquarium and Lake Hartwell Animal Safari.

LINKS

• Thousand Trails Carolina Landing
• Cheryl’s Kitchen Potato Boats
• Waffle House - Scattered, Smothered, and Covered
• K-Pot Korean BBQ
• The Silos, Easley SC
• Georgia Aquarium
• Lake HartwThe Silos of Easleyell Animal Safari
• Airport Runway Park

We stay at Thousand Trails Hidden Cove RV Resort in Arley, Alabama, a nice lakefront campground with lots to do, but maybe not the fanciest neighborhood. We have a couple of meals, visit a few yarn and fabric stores - the usual - plus the highlight, a muddy visit to Yokley Cemetery outside Pulaski TN to visit the grave of my great-great-great grandfather atop a hill in a cow pasture. Also a PSA: don’t eat vultures.

• 03:46 Hidden Cove Amenities
• 06:15 Grocery Store Reality
• 09:18 Food, Yarn, and Misc.
• 18:29 Trail of Tears Site
• 23:42 Cemetery Fence Crawl
• 26:03 Vulture Food Facts
• 34:41 Surprising Local History
• 37:09 Wrap Up And Farewell

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• Hidden Cove RV Resort
• Cash and Jacks
• Hyatt’s Market
• Yarn Boutique of Decatur
• Three Hens and a Chick Quilt Store
• Pulaski Trail of Tears Memorial
• Find A Grave - David Abernathy

We keep moving east across the Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida Gulf Coast, stopping at Wilderness RV Park near Robertsdale and try a few restaurants (winners - Fairhope Bakery and Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club in Biloxi; losers - Picnic Beach in Gulf Shores). Of course, there are yarn and quilt shops along the way, including the fantastic Block Therapy and the WTF A&E Fabrics. Other highlights include a visit to the free National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola and a ride on the Mobile Bay ferry.

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• Fairhope Bakery
• Ground Zero Blues Club
• Picnic Beach
• Lambert’s Cafe
• Block Therapy
• Peace by Piece
• A&E Fabrics
• Southern Twist Yarns
• Naval Air Museum Pensacola
• Mobile Bay Ferry
• Boiled Peanuts (yuck)
• Boudin (also yuck)

In which we talk about our trip to Loranger, Louisiana outside of New Orleans where we stayed at Sweetwater RV Resort and Ranch. Along the way, we have some fantastic and some not-so-great meals, visit the French Quarter for some beignets and cafe au lait, and are (mostly) disappointed with the quilt and yarn stores. We also go to the Whitney Plantation’s slavery-focused tour (do not miss!) and the National WWII Museum, plus a local above-ground cemetery visit and go on a king cake tasting spree.

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• Sweetwater Campground
• Jacques-Imo
• Daisy Dukes
• Mandeville Sea Food Market and Eatery
• Cafe Du Monde
• Antoine's Bakery
• History of Tangipahoa Parish (Amite City), LA
• Quarter Stitch Yarn
• Seauxing Seeds
• Whitney Plantation
• National WW2 Museum

In which Jeff and Louise talk about the Thousand Trails Colorado River campground (fantastic staff, great campground!) and call out Woods Barbecue, a weekend-only counter inside a gas station, serving up the best BBQ around courtesy of pitmaster John Woods. We also eat some more, have some adventures, and check out a couple of yarn and fabric stores (who knew La Grange had such a great yarn and fabric store??). We also venture forth and explore our very first Buc-ee’s, enjoy some Texan oak trees, and don't enjoy some local specialty kalaches (though that was probably more about where we got them).

LINKS

• Thousand Trails Colorado River
• Woods BBQ Facebook Page
• Fully Smash Facebook Page
• Turcotte Butcher and Delicatessen
• Quilted Skein
• Buc-ee's
• History of Kalaches

In which we recap our trip from Phoenix to the San Antonio area with sleepovers in Las Cruces and Fort Stockton. We spend two weeks at Thousand Trails Medina Lake in Lakehills, deal with a double-booked site, yappy neighbor dogs, low water pressure, and a drought-drained lake, but play a great round of mini golf. We also check out San Antonio’s River Walk and the Pearl District, feed some wild animals (Hey Buddy!), and of course, eat some great food and visit a couple of yarn and fabric shops.

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• Stephen Graham Jones
• Hilltop RV Park and Resort
• Thousand Trails Medina Lake
• Medina Lake drought history
• B-Daddy's BBQ
• Thai 'n' Sushi
• El Norteñito
• The Hen's Nest
• Coconut Cowboy's
• Yarnivore
• Memories By The Yard
• San Antonio River Cruise
• Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
• Pearl District
• Heart's Home Acoustics