Medieval Times

Kevin and I rarely do road trips these days.  It seems like if we're going somewhere, we're jetting off to a far-away land.  However, I've had an urge recently to take a free weekend and just get away locally.  There's tons of adventure in that and anytime we can be together spending quality time, my love bucket is being filled!

At the end of last February, we were preparing for our trip to Israel and we learned that Kevin's grandma (Memere) would be in Myrtle Beach visiting her sisters.  We hadn't seen Memere in about 6 months and we thought it was too dang close not to drive down, so we planned a road trip and a little weekend away.

We arrived late on a Friday night and checked into our hotel to get a little shut-eye.

On Saturday morning, we got up and had breakfast and then drove over mid-morning to see Memere and her two sisters.  We took Memere out for lunch to have some one-on-one time with her (boy did she talk!  I think she was so excited to have some time to catch up).  And then we went back to visit with her and her sisters again.  They had spent a week playing bingo and laughing, catching up...being up until all hours of the night.  So fun! (Not sure how we managed to not take any pictures, but Memere has some on her iPad.)

When we left, we headed towards Broadway on the Beach to walk around.  Everything was closing, but it was quiet and we made a loop before heading back to our hotel.

Pretty soon, it was time for dinner.  Kevin wanted to go to Medieval Times for some reason.  He was just itching to go like a little kid.  So, he made a phone call to get us tickets and we were off.

Seriously...the most fun I could imagine!  We were crowned when we arrived and told we'd be cheering for the yellow and red knight.  We were ushered into the arena to our area and served a delicious meal (that we ate with our hands).

Kevin bought a flag (of course) and waved it wildly to cheer on our knight.  And the action was fun and entertaining!

If you've never done it, you must.  Kids or no kids, it was a fun date night for us!

The next morning we packed up and drove down to the beach to walk on the boardwalk and get some exercise.  I think we walked about 4 miles.

It was time to leave town, but we stopped at Johnny Rockets in Barefoot Landing and then Kevin got a wild hair to shop, so we hit up the outlets...which makes me really happy!

It was just a great weekend.  One where I'll remember the precious time with Memere and I'll never forget the look of excitement on Kevin's face at Medieval Times.