Myrtle Beach, Day 1

Reporting on location from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Cheer-Watch Investigative Reporting Unit has made several new allies in the effort to protect your right to drink Cheerwine.

After the long, arduous journey to the South Carolinian paradise, the Cheertracker 1 News Van was in need of some serious scrubb-a-dubbing. When stopped at a local car-wash, Sam and I made a friend with the manager named Aaron who, in exchange for a case of the good stuff, let us use free water in our cleaning struggle. Aaron, who sees a lot of license plates every day, agreed that the Yankee penetration into Cheerwine territory is worsening as the summer progresses.



Later in the day, we met a Cheerwine crusading couple from Nashville, Nathan and Carla James. The James couple reportedly had sold Cheerwine at an ice-cream store they owned in Franklin, North Carolina, before their move west.



"Cheerwine is making big strides in Tennessee. I see it moving westward at a strong steady rate," James said.

It wasn't all fun in the sun, however. Sam caught two ladies from Cincinatti breaking into the Cheertracker, trying to steal cases of the Cherry Different Soda. Thanks to some quick picture-taking, these ladies won't be escaping from the law for too long.



All in all, it was a good day for the Investigative Reporting Team. We made some strong new friends who are already fighting the good fight. We can only hope the rest of the weekend goes so well.
Reporting dutifully from the trenches, this is Matt signing off.