So we started out the day headed towards the temple. But my stomach started rumbling and we came accross this place and it looked cute so we
ventured inside. I managed to get out of this adorable store without spending any money, but Deb was not so frugal. Actually she insisted on buying me the one item that I was considering purchasing. A Peach and Vanilla salad dressing. I am excited to try it, it looked so good. Deb got a few gifts for her parents and a book about I 95 and what is found at each exit, well according to the author that is. I would do a few things differently if I were the one writing the book :) So the girl at the shop reccomended a place for breakfast and it was in the book that Deb bought so we thought that we would give it a shot. I think there was probably something better out there. We ate at the Old House cafe. Deb ordered something called the hungry man's platter and I had the buffet. The restaurant was very picky about no substitutions, which we didn't like. For example the breakfast buffet came with Coffe or Sweet Tea, and when I asked for
a different drink they looked at me like I had grown horns and said we don't do 
that. So I drank water and still ended paying the full price for the buffet, which was $8, kinda pricey for breakfast and the food wasn't spectacular. I wouldn't send you there if I was from around those parts and you asked me where to go. Deb said hers was ok, but nothing impressive and it cost almost as much as mine.
So after breakfast we headed towards the Columbia, SC temple. We had a rude surprise when we got there and the gates were locked. Apparently the temple is closed this week, there was a painting crew working on the outside of the building doing some touch up work.
Just because we couldn't go in didn't stop us from taking pictures. We also went to an LDS bookstore across the street from the temple called Nephi's Books, it was a really big store. Bigger than Boyds in Orlando. You can order online if interested at www.NephisBooks.com
After leaving the temple we decided to head towards Fayetteville, NC and the reason for this trip, to eat at Fuller's Old Fashioned BBQ. Of course it was 1:30 in the afternoon and only a 2 hour drive, so we had to find a few things to fill in the gaps. Looking at the Atlas I found a State Park and went on Deb's Iphone to find that it was a swamp with cypress trees and a canoe rental, how could we pass that up. Here are some pictures of our 40 minutes in the canoe :)
The website for the park even had directions from the interstate that we were currently on, it was like it was meant to be. After almost crashing a family reunion we found a Park Ranger and rented a canoe. The best part was that Deb said if she tipped me I wouldn't have to pay for my half of the $7 rental. What she didn't know is I would have been glad to pay for the whole thing, too bad she kind dumped me in the swamp so I guess that means I don't have to pay? In her defense she was trying to pull the canoe to shore so I wouldn't have to get out in Knee deep water. However she wasn't pulling evenly on both sides so I got half in the swamp water.
So after the swamp, we decided that we wanted to kill a little more time, so we stopped at South of the Border to play Putt Putt Golf. We both agreed that it had been so long since either of us had played that we decided to give it a shot. Deb slaughtered me by 10 points. Of course we could have played another round, but it was hot and we were starting to get hungry since we had only had breakfast that morning. Here are some pics of our really bad skills, or should I say lack of skills at Putt Putt Golf. 
So I know what you are thinking. I thought this trip was about some Good Eats and so far it has only been eh eats. Don't worry we made it to Fullers. We decided to give the Lumberton location a try and just like the location in Fayetteville last year we were not disappointed. It was fantastic.
We ate a little too much, if you know what I mean, it was so good. After dinner we drove the rest of the way to Fayetteville and got a room for 2 nights. At the bookstore earlier today Deb had purchased a game called Go-spel. It is the New Testament edition, making me think there may be other editions. It is kind of like Scrabble in where you get points for the letters and you form words like a crossword, but unlike Scrabble you are working on a seperate puzzle from everyone else you are playing with and the point values are completely different. The point of the game is to complete your puzzle before the other players. Which let me tell you is not easy, especially when playing against Deb. She finished first in both games we played, which means that whatever tiles I hadn't played had to be added up and subtracted from my score. She won the first game, but I managed to get more points than her in the second game we played. It was a lot of fun.
Check back tomorrow for more of the adventure.
We ate a little too much, if you know what I mean, it was so good. After dinner we drove the rest of the way to Fayetteville and got a room for 2 nights. At the bookstore earlier today Deb had purchased a game called Go-spel. It is the New Testament edition, making me think there may be other editions. It is kind of like Scrabble in where you get points for the letters and you form words like a crossword, but unlike Scrabble you are working on a seperate puzzle from everyone else you are playing with and the point values are completely different. The point of the game is to complete your puzzle before the other players. Which let me tell you is not easy, especially when playing against Deb. She finished first in both games we played, which means that whatever tiles I hadn't played had to be added up and subtracted from my score. She won the first game, but I managed to get more points than her in the second game we played. It was a lot of fun.
Check back tomorrow for more of the adventure.
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