We packed up and moved out of Myrtle Beach this morning. It was a three hour drive to Raleigh but we kept busy with conversations and a little audiobook. This book isn’t so good though. That’s a crazy thing about art, not everyone enjoys the same stuff!
So in Raleigh we met my sister and her crew at a Costco to grab lunch and swap cars. Katie and I went with Tina, Colin, and Kenzie to a Lego art exhibit, and Todd took the rental van with Em, Jacob, Kieran, and Gemma to play disc golf nearby.
I didn’t go discing so I don’t know much about that, other than they had fun. The course was great. And Em got a killer shot through a bunch of trees.
The Art of the Brick was a cool immersive traveling exhibit. These have become popular with Van Gogh if you’ve seen that traveling exhibit come to your town. So this is legos but it’s all set up like an art gallery. It was really cool to see the detail and different ways that the artist is able to create sculptures.
Aren’t those just amazing?!? We were really impressed and found that many of the pieces were replicas or inspired by famous pieces that we were already aware of. The kids had fun building legos at the end of the exhibit, so overall it was about an hour experience and absolutely worth the entrance fee.
Next up was the hotel! Yeah it was already past 3pm and I was up late playing Catan on my phone…trying to beat the bots and practice playing. I have not succeeded yet…
We are staying at an awesome Staybridge Suites with a full two bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, and full kitchen so we had plenty of room for everyone to hang out for a few hours. Tina dropped us off and went to Trader Joe’s since there isn’t one closer to her house (which is about 90 minutes from here).
She came back with some great freezer pizzas and flatbreads so we could have some light fare for dinner and the kids quickly settled in with card games and snacks.
So much energy in that photo. The hours passed and as we chatted and caught up, yawns started, and Tina and the kids headed out since they needed to drive back home, and our alarms are set for 3:30am 😳 It’s going to be an early flight home!
We have had a great time on this trip. We have eaten a lot of amazing food (minus one icky pizza place in Virginia Beach). We got to see family and connect with cousins. We got to see some new cities in an area of the US that none of us have ever visited before. And we got to get away from work and responsibilities for a little bit. Back to real life we go!