Fort Bragg North Carolina

We left Myrtle Beach and headed inland and northwest to Fort Bragg, North Carolina where we saw the 82nd Airborne Division Museum and Memorial.  No pictures, but it was really moving.  I learned that they are a GRF (Global Response Force) and are ready to go anywhere in the world in 18 hours.  Not only have they defended our country in the World Wars and other global conflict, but they also responded to emergencies like Hurricane Andrew in the 1990s and the earthquake in Haiti, just to name a few.  On 9/11 they went in to help, too.

 It was an experience getting onto the base to see the museum.  Kind of like the DMV, take a number and wait, fill out a form and show your ID and Vehicle information.  The exception was that every so often a security officer would come into the room and ask if anyone needed to register their firearms. That would be a no from us.  We ate at a food court on base with some of America's finest.

We drove on through little towns, and some bigger ones.  We went through the Sandhill area, where there is a ridge of ancient beach sand from an ancient ocean.  Everything was neat, tidy and picturesque.

We are now resting for the night at Mocksville, North Carolina.  We need to decide exactly where we are going tomorrow.  We think up to the Blue Ridge Parkway.  We have 3 days until we need to be in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and it is fun to just see where each day leads us until then.