We drove a short bit of I-20 before escaping to the back roads for the trip to Cornelius, NC. After checking in to our motel we headed out for some dinner. We ended up one exit back on I-77 at a place called Birkdale Village that is sort of a mix of outdoor outlet mall and a Disneyesque small town with apartments above the stores. It is an interesting concept. There were a few places to choose from for eating and we picked a place called Planet Grill. The dining concept was as interesting as that of the surrounding development. Even found a parking spot right up front too. The only down side was that I had to parallel park (I know what you are thinking, “That shouldn’t be too hard in that little car.”) Well it isn’t, but because I do it so infrequently, I’m out of practice and it took a couple of tries to get the car close to the curb.
Started up, still up.
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