Columbia, SC to Charleston, WV - July 27

Columbia, SC to Charleston, WV - July 27

The Devine Cinnamon Roll Deli is a great name. Not only are they truly “devine”, the name is really because they are located on Devine street. (hence, the spelling of divine)

On our last trip, we liked it so much we went back for lunch one day and each of their yummy sandwiches comes with a mini cinnamon roll. (which was the size of a normal roll anywhere else.)

They are made with a special Hawaiian sweet bread recipe. They have a special cinnamon sugar blend, and vanilla butter whipped cream cheese icing which really makes them great!

The line inside to order was constant and eventually spilled out the door. We both felt they weren’t quite as good this time around. (just less cinnamon, they still were very good) We got 2 to eat there and took 2 to go and we had them for dessert. 

 South Caroline Statehouse

 these are the really huge ones - the size of dinner plates

 these are the regular ones

line out the door to get in

We stopped in Elkin, NC to have lunch at Southern On Main restaurant. The restaurant was southern comfort food with a modern twist. It was really tasty. I had a grilled cheese made with pimiento cheese, cheddar cheese, bacon & tomato with sweet potato fries. Greg had a pulled pork sandwich with sweet potato fries. 

 my grilled cheese

 Greg's pulled pork

 Southern on Main

We passed out of Georgia and into North Carolina and then Virginia and then into West Virginia. Our drive was quite slow today. No reason that we could see. There were no wrecks, construction or stopped cars. Just the occasional cork in the road that backed traffic up for miles and then, all of a sudden would clear up and go smoothly again just in time for it to back up again. It took half an hour to go 12 miles. On the bright side (literally) it didn’t rain all day.

 one of the traffic jams

 Big Walker Mountain Tunnel

 East River Mountain Tunnel

We finally made it to Charlotte, WV and checked into the Residence Inn in time to have a later than usual dinner.  

On the road you see some pretty funny things. We passed a car wash that was named Dirty Boys Car Wash, which was right next door to an adult “toy store”. We passed a septic truck that had a logo on the back saying “we take care of what you ate yesterday”. Then, we crossed over a bridge over Barium Creek. Not swimming in that!

Tomorrow we are visiting the capitol building.