Visiting mark Holland

I drove from Jeff's house to Charleston North Carolina. 
entering south carolina.
I saw this peach shapped water tower in Gaffney south Carolina 
entering North Carolina 

when I got there, I  tried to find a place to charge the car.  I went to the poor side of town but I couldn't figure out how to get the charger to work there.  Car so then I drove around all the hotels near the airport. Trying to find a hotel which had external plugs. I finally ended up staying at the Royal Inn. Which had windows that could be opened and which had plugs that were ground so I stayed there plugged in the car. I ran to Walmart for a frozen dinner.  Then returned plugged in the car and went to sleep.
I was having trouble with my phone. So the next morning I went to Walmart to get another phone. I got a simple mobile phone and I use that while I visited Mark. I drove to Mark's  home in Fayetteville near what used to be Fort Bragg but it is not called Fort Liberty. when I got there, I found Mark ensconced on at strattle lounger. I sat in what used to be His wife's straddle lounger. His house was a total mess. He has five  print friendly dogs, who really like me. So I got to pet the dogs. we talked for a while and watched some TV.   We left to go to the VFW. While, at the VFW I had something to eat and he had a hot dog. I had a beer and he had a bourbon. Then we drove back to the house.  We watched the little TV
 and I tried to sleep in the lounge chair since Mark didn't have any beds that were not empty.
The next day, we went out for breakfast at the pancake house.  
After breakfast.  We went to the botanical gardens. Since Mark likes to grow plants, we had a good time.  
After leaving  the gardens we went to the paratroopers museum, where I had an interesting time being informed by Mark of what it's like to be a paratrooper.
 We went back to the house we drove back to the VFW to look for my hat, and then we came back to the house had a little dinner and then I left to sleep in a hotel because I could not sleep in his lounger again.   

Q


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