Fort Mill, SC/Charlotte, NC - October 8 through 11

From Lexington, SC, we headed northwest to Fort Mill, SC, (just south of Charlotte, NC) to visit Mike’s cousin Londa and her partner Lesa. 

We stayed just over a week at the Crown Cove RV Park. It’s a strange little park, as it’s located in the middle of a residential neighborhood. If you follow the GPS instructions, it takes you on a circuitous path through the neighborhoods, rather than taking you the most direct way. Most of the people in the RV park are long-term residents working in the area. Not one of the best parks we’ve stayed in, but it was convenient. Most of the other parks were already booked because of the NASCAR races in the area over the weekend.

There is an Arrowood Road in town:

Londa and Lesa were fantastic hosts. Thursday night, we met with Londa for dinner. We ate at Maestro's Bar and Bistro in Pineville. We were the only customers and were a bit concerned at first, but the food was excellent.

On Friday, Londa took us to a NASCAR race (Lesa had to work). She got free tickets through the Carolina Visitor’s Bureau (CVB). We were in a VIP section between turns 1 and 2. There was just a narrow walkway between us and the fence around the track; in fact, we were pelted by bits of rubber from the tires from time to time as the cars sped by. This was our first NASCAR race. I was impressed with the speed of the cars and the noise. We had headsets and earplugs, and it was still loud. The CVB took good care of us. We dined on ham, chicken, mixed vegetables, corn, mashed potatoes, and salad. We drank wine and munched on nuts, jerky, sweets, etc. You name it, they had it.

Saturday, we met Londa and Lesa for brunch at Another Broken Egg. Then, Londa took us driving around to different towns in the area looking at houses. We also did some local wine tasting at CAB Co.

Sunday we all went to the Renaissance Faire. It was our first time to the Faire, and we had a great time. Lots of fun people watching. Many were dressed up in costume. We ate steak on a stick and drank beer. We saw several shows: Hey Nunnie Nunnie (comedy done by two hilarious nuns), Thom Selectomy (comedy and sword swallowing), Zilch the Torysteller (Jomeo & Ruliet), and a Joust to the Death. We ended the day with dinner at PF Chang’s.