If, after a year stuck at home and meeting virtually, your book club is chomping at the bit, consider Boop and Eve’s Road Trip as the inspiration for your own bookish adventure. Got loads of time? Travel the route right along with them. Time more limited? Choose one spot on their journey to enjoy.
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip begins in an imaginary college town on the Gulf coast of Florida. Consider visiting Clearwater Beach to start your journey. While you’re there take a surfing lesson and visit the Clearwater Aquarium.
The first stop on the journey is St. Augustine, Florida. It claims to be the oldest city in North America and sports charming Spanish colonial architecture. You absolutely have to stop at the Fountain of Youth Archeological Park for your sulfur-laced sip of eternal life and Aunt Victoria recommends a tour of Flagler College.
Savannah is the next stop on their journey. There you might enjoy shopping on the iconic Broughton Street like Boop, Victoria, and Eve did. Other popular activities include a ghost tour, a tour of Juliette Gordon Low’s home (Girl Scouts’ founder), and Forsyth Park. Given Eve’s fashion design interest, it seems only appropriate that you try to catch an art show at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Boop and Eve take a few detours (a trailer park and a ghost town). Then the next planned stop is Sunset Beach, NC. Here you’ll want to walk down to the Kindred Spirt mailbox and leave a note. Then if you’re looking for other things to do…Callahan’s is a terrific souvenir shop that not only has the usual souvenir suspects but also includes a giant Christmas shop. Golfers will find their pick of dozens of nearby links. Ingram Planetarium is an unusual rainy day activity.
After stopping at the Garlic Festival Boop’s imaginary hometown, they end their trip in Richmond, VA. They don’t actually do anything there except go home, but as this is my hometown, I can’t help but mention a few highlights in case you choose to come here. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a lovely, manageable art museum. You could plan a picnic and swim on the James River on Belle Isle. Scott’s Addition is the home of many breweries. And the restaurants…yum, might I suggest Sunday brunch or Saturday afternoon tea at the Jefferson Hotel, a fancy dinner at L’Possum, lunch at Perly’s, and drinks on the Quirk Hotel rooftop.
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