Car Run

03-04 June 2019

We were quickly annoyed by having a fixed boat and no land based transportation, so that became a priority. We rented a car again online, but when we went to pick it up none were to be found, and there was a line of other folks also waiting for cars. One poor guy rented a box truck he didn't need in desperation. This makes me think of that Seinfeld episode. "Yes sir, we understand how a reservation works. I don't think you do." Some of this is on us because the Enterprise app is famous for renting cars they don't have, especially on short notice. After almost an hour of lounging around we finally got a nicer car than we needed for the same price, so okay I guess.

We trundled back to Southport, by land this time, stopping by civilization in Richmond on the way to look for used DVDs at one 2nd and Charles store, then the other one across town.

Hungry, we stumbled upon Luther's, of Vandross fame. Think soft rock from the 70s. Of course, Heather tries very hard to avoid thinking of soft rock from the 70's in spite of my playlists. The full name is Luther's Burgers and Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee.

The (probably apocryphal) back story is in the picture below, but it's a good story. I'm guessing recreational drugs were involved in addition to the apparently poor shopping habits.

Since a burger Luther style is between two donuts they needed to develop expertise in donuts big enough to be large hamburger buns. This led to another pretty good side business. Heather wouldn't go for a burger with a donut bun. Despite that loss the burger was pretty good, and I can say the donuts themselves were great. If they had been together I probably wouldn't have chosen the Fruit Loops flavor.

We then went on to Raleigh, spending the night after having dinner at Beaseley's Chicken and Honey (not a typo) downtown. Really good chicken but maybe trying a little too hard to be different.

In the morning we had breakfast at Angie's Restaurant before proceeding on to Greenville to pick up our car. Angie's had an interesting menu (at least for us, maybe not for the area), with meat choices like brains and pork chitterlings (we stuck with bacon), and a molasses squeeze bottle on every table. After some good and surprisingly cheap food we hit the road, where for once I slept while Heather drove. When I woke up a light on the dash caught my attention, telling us we were running on fumes, but we made it to the nearest station somehow.

When we got to the tiny airport parking lot our car needed some oil but started right up. I've been carrying around a new battery since before Xmas waiting for this weak-ass one to die, but it never quite does. We drove back to Richmond, this time stopping at Costco for more motor oil and snacks and such. We then made a mandatory check in at Harbor Freight, looking for, among other things, a potential gangway for boarding the boat.

Once we had exhausted our shopping needs we headed back to Solomons, turned i the rental car, and returned to the boat.

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