2/28/17 Tuesday

We said good-bye to John and Carole last night and they gave us a small palm tree for the sunroom to remember them by - very sweet of them.  We packed up the last minute bags this morning and got to work at 8:30.  Everyone was very sorry to see us go.  The whole gang had signed a card for us and there were hugs all around.  Mike had baked a batch of snickerdoodles for our trip and we were thankful.  We left at 11 and had pretty smooth sailing until we hit some road work in SC.  We intended to stop at Lumberton, NC, but were getting weary so decided to stop in Florence, SC.  There were no rooms to be had though so we pushed on to Lumberton.  They were full up also so we have just stopped in Fayetteville, NC at 10 at night!  Not only are we exhausted, but we got the very last room here so feel lucky as well.  I had packed a lunch for the trip, but it was Mike's cookies that saved the day as that is what we had for dinner!  Hopefully, we will not have to drive as late tomorrow.  We did finish Pillars of the Earth so will start a new book tomorrow.