USS North Carolina & SC

Today we cleaned up and moved out of New Bern, leaving maybe my favorite Airbnb behind. We drove 1.5 hours south to Wilmington, NC to visit a WWII battleship. We have just an afternoon in this town so we picked one thing to check out. 

But first, we needed lunch! Todd found a little taco shop called Taco Baby and whoa baby were they delicious! It was a tiny place and it seemed dead when we walked in, but after sitting for a bit, the place filled up with what must be people who already knew about the amazing Taco Tuesday deals. 

$2 tacos, beers, even margaritas, and $2 hush puppies and Mexican corn. Our entire lunch was $47 😮 But what’s better than a deal is delicious fresh food FOR a steal! The Mexican corn was awesome. I had a Brussel sprout taco that was literally my favorite. The chicken tacos were good and when Todd bit into the hush puppy he said, “oh my gosh they’re so good.”

So, aside for the cute decor, their food was bomb. 

After lunch, we headed over to the USS North Carolina where we boarded a Navy battleship and explored the many stairs and levels. It’s amazing that these ships were essentially floating cities with post offices, stores, kitchen, storage rooms, dry cleaning, communications rooms, the list goes on and on and on. I don’t think any of us had stepped onto a battleship so the sheer size of it was astounding. 

After seeing those close quarters for sleeping, I can’t say that I’d be signing up for this job. It sure puts into perspective how much privacy you enjoy. 

After milling around for over an hour, we went through the gift shop and said our goodbyes. It was well worth the $14 entrance fee to check it out and learn about life aboard a ship. 

We drove another 1.5 hours south and found ourselves in Myrtle Beach, SC. So now we are in state number three for this trip! And the view from the Airbnb is stunning. 

We chilled and vegged for a bit before thinking about food. The kids watched How it’s Made and saw an episode with hydro farming, gummies, and bronze. I laid in bed and started writing this. 

We found a sushi place for dinner that has half off rolls on Tuesday nights…for locals :/ Well I wasn’t excited about that part but we didn’t fib and say we lived here. 

We started with miso soup which was a huge cereal bowl size. I’ve never seen miso soup in that large of quantity. Maybe that’s a Southern Carolina thing? 

We ordered the lemon roll, shrimp tempura roll, dragon roll, and a fat crab roll. Katie ordered Nigiri Balls. Everything was eaten and at the end I ordered a sweet potato roll. Imagine sweet potato tempura in a sushi rice roll. It was actually delicious and reaffirmed my idea from lunch with the roasted brussel sprout taco that I could totally live a vegetarian lifestyle.

We had some full tummies and we still needed to stop at Walmart for some coffee creamer and condo snacks. After that pit stop we were back in the condo for a rousing game of Phase 10. I’m tired y’all. It was a busy day and a lot of learning.