June 12 and June 13, Tuesday & Wednesday
On Tuesday left Hagerstown, Md. in the rain. It rained hard for about an hour.  Then we finally drove past the storm. pulled into Charlotte, North Carolina. We got a two room suite since we are staying two nights. Great hotel,  Country Inn Suites near University of North Carolina. North Carolina is warmer with higher humidity.  Our warmest day of our trip.

After sleeping in on Wednesday we went out sightseeing.  Saw the Latta Plantation and was not impressed. Went to Barnes and Noble to buy a couple of audio books for the remainder of our trip. Then went to the Fourth Ward district, which ended up just being downtown Charlotte.  It is larger than Sacramento and hardly any parking. Went to another plantation; Rosedale Plantation.  Found out you have to make reservations ahead time for tours.

Hagerstown MD

Downtown Charlotte

Rosedale Plantation

Latta Plantation

Found a couple of our favorite restaurants in Charlotte, so took advantage.  For lunch we went to Pei Wei's. They are a part of PF Chang's, but closed their Sacramento location several years ago. We go when we are in Arizona, always a reason to go to Chandler from Casa Grande.  And for dinner we went to Carrabbas, an Italian diner that Mark and Mickey introduced us to in Las Vegas. Again we do not have Carrabba's in California. So we had some great food today.