Today is a relaxing day to spend in Charlotte, before moving onto the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We decided first to drive across the state line to South Carolina so that Andrew could say he has been in yet another state in the USA and visit a small town that looked pretty interesting and then returning to Charlotte for a secret mission (did not tell Andrew about that) on the way back on our way to the Museum of Illusions in downtown Charlotte, before returning to the hotel for the evening.
First of all, a couple of pictures from the Marriott Hotel. I was up really early to see the sunrise, once I figured out what direction the hotel was facing! They have a lounge in the hotel for their high level Bonvoy guests to use so I was sitting in there doing some work for the upcoming Celiac Trip in Ireland when the sun decided to raise its sunny head!
Now on the road south to Fort Mill, South Carolina! Just over the NC/SC state line is Fort Mill, a cute little town that has a historic downtown that I had read about. As Charlotte is quite close to the state line it did not take us long to get there and we then got out and walked around Main Street. I just love these historic small towns in the USA however it is really sad to see due to the pandemic and other issues that more and more of them have store vacancies on their main streets.
Now on our way to the museum, we had to make a slight deviation to the route so I could pick up some “rope” (see my Dubai post about “rope”) at Charlotte Yarns! What a nice knitting store it was! I bought some local fingering (thin) yarn to make a sweater and then off we went to the museum! I got to shop fast when Andrew is waiting at a yarn store!
In downtown Charlotte there is the Museum of Illusions when is highly recommended to attend. Here is its website if you want to know more: https://moicharlotte.com/ We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves – Andrew got a bit off balance with some of the optical illusions which I could not partake in as they were up some stairs and no safe for me, which was kind of amusing; the museum in general was very well laid out with marks on the floor for where to stand to take pictures and guides to help you with certain exhibits – including taking pictures with your phones! Here is a “view” of our visit:
Now back at the hotel we relaxed and watched TV and prepared for our drive tomorrow to Rocky Point, NC!