On the Road: I-95 South

Another drive down the east coast of the United States. This used to be a yearly thing for our family, all the way to Florida or Hilton Head, off the coast of South Carolina. This trip, just as far asもっと詳しく
Another drive down the east coast of the United States. This used to be a yearly thing for our family, all the way to Florida or Hilton Head, off the coast of South Carolina. This trip, just as far asもっと詳しく
First full day, we visited the H.L. Hunley museum. The Hunley was the first attack submarine, built by the Confederacy. The plan to develop a submarine was in response to the Union Blockade, which hadもっと詳しく
Well, everyone knows enough about Fort Sumter, where the Civil War aka the War Between the States aka the War of Northern Aggression started. You might not know all the details, but you know theもっと詳しく
Fort Moultrie, built to protect Charleston from the British, was the other stop today. The fort has seen service from the American Revolution through World War II. It also houses the grave of Osceolaもっと詳しく
It's Charleston, what needs to be said? Home of beautiful houses, a lot of history, the Charleston Market, and Rhett Butler. We did a lot of walking around in the rain, and mainly looked at exteriors.もっと詳しく
Included here: one of Charleston's beautiful squares, and shots of Rainbow Row, a couple houses on the Battery, and a shot of Fort Sumter in the distance. One of the houses, with the gingerbread andもっと詳しく
Charleston Market-- was a bit disappointed, far more hipster/Etsy than what I saw with the kids on Gullah Gullah Island, a show from twenty plus years ago for kids on Nick Junior. Still an interestingもっと詳しく
Just hanging out with the family: oldest daughter and her husband. Highlight: the morning walk where we saw some alligators about half mile from her house. No matter how many times we come down thisもっと詳しく
On the road again, headed to the in-laws' in Georgia. First stop: the site of Francis "the Swamp Fox" Marion's grave. This was the family burial ground, on his brother's plantation. Marion's isもっと詳しく