Todays portion of the trip was from Hardeeville, South Carolina to Raleigh, North Carolina to see our daughter. We stayed at the Camp Lake Jasper Campground and we have it on our list of places to stay again. A nice place - clean, organized and good to go.
We got on I-95 around 9:00 and headed north. It was a nice day and traffic was fine other than the several times it turned into a parking lot and we all stopped or slowed to 30mph. Curses to people who want to drive 50mph in the passing lane. But it was a nice day and we made it to Raleigh about 3:00.
A couple of interesting notes for today. The Gas Buddy app was my friend. Diesel was running around $3.15-$3.25 along the Interstate at the various truck stops. I pulled out gas buddy and saw a Murphy Oil (Walmart) just south of Florence S.C. selling diesel for $2.85. I looked a little closer and there was a Sams Club station selling diesel for $2.75. You have to be a member of Sams Club to buy there and luck would have it Sonya joined a month ago when Zulily.com ran a sale on Sams club memberships for $30.00. Saved $10.00 just today so we lucked out.
While getting fuel, we I checked the Infocenter on the Fuse and it said the DEF was at 1/2 full. Guess what, there was a Walmart right next door. Easy Peasy. Went right in and got 2.5 gallons of Walmart DEF and we were back to full. This time I got just over 2,000 miles on 2.5 Gal of DEF. Last time it was around 2,500 miles but the measurements in the DEF tank are not close to being exact so this seems fine.
Oh, on this leg of the trip I was a little disappointed with our milage. I only got 14mpg. I would be a little sad about this but I was keeping up with traffic today on I-95. That means we were traveling a little faster than normal. 75-80mph was what it took to keep up with traffic today. And we had several times we were stopped or crawling, so all in all it was ok.
We always joke that if we forget anything or need anything there is always a Walmart around the next bend. This time it was in the next parking lot over.
Once we were in Raleigh we spent some time with our daughter and then went to dinner. This was the highlight of the day. We went to a restaurant called Relish Craft Kitchen and Bourbon Bar. This Gem was tucked away in a shop in a Food Lion Shopping Center. All I can say about this place is WOW!
I have never had this or heard of this before but how about trying Fried Black Eyed Peas. This was our appetizer. It was something unique so we had to try it. Talk about delicious, deep fry some black eyed peas with some onion, red peppers and bacon. WOW, I could of eaten this for the main course.
Next were the entrees. I had the shrimp and grits. Delicious. Sonya had the country fried steak and Cathy had the Roman mac and cheese (shrimp, pesto and parmesean cheese). All super good. Finished it off with Atlantic Beach Pie that was outstanding. The total for the 3 of us was around $50.00 which was very reasonable.
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