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Fayetteville, North Carolina

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  Tonight we landed in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Just over 400 miles from Daytona, we are truly dogging it.  With continued rain in New England - we have no desire to arrive before the sun! Our biggest hurdle when stopping at random places - finding dinner.  After circling the city for more than 30 minutes we entered Twin Peaks Restaurant.  Cute exterior with a Canadian mountain theme we thought it would be okay.  Until the hostess came to seat us.  Ugh.  Hooters turned Canadian.  Thanks but no thanks. Then we found Logan's.  Turned out to be a great choice.  Friendly, efficient (and fully dressed!) staff, great BBQ and a quiet room.  Perfect after a full day of driving.                                                    Hot, soft, buttery rolls with cinnamon butter - yummy! ...
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From Disembarkation to Daytona

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 Disembarkation.  Just the word sounds exhausting.  Thousands of people with hundreds of pieces of luggage all trying to get off the ship and to their plane, car, uber, shuttle, hotel etc all in just a few short hours while also going through immigration and security. We were slotted for self disembarkation between 800am and 830 am carrying our own luggage.  After a quick cup of coffee (and I managed to download 8 days worth of posts), we headed to deck 3 to wait.  After just a few minutes and before 730am, we were sent on our way.  Yea!  And because we only take the stairs (rarely taking elevators) we surged ahead of everyone.                                                      The lobby was eerily quiet with only a few travelers.                ...
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September 26: Day 8: At Sea

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 Breakfast under cloudy and occasionally misty skies.                                                            Oatmeal and Cinnamon Roll for Paul Then we continued our exploration of the ship.                                                             Waterslides and kiddie pool - we passed.                                                       Hard plastic chairs in the direct sun - we passed.                   ...
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