I’m on an extended exploration of the southeastern United States.
Today marks the end our delightful time together in the Southeast. Today, I drove six hours back to Atlanta and flew another five hours to California. I’ll be there for the next several days for some work-related events and a bit of personal travel over the weekend.
Today is our last full day together on the Southeast. We were expecting clouds and rain but instead got a beautiful sunny day. We decided to visit one more plantation – the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, located on the Ashley River just outside of Charleston.
The AirBNB where we’re staying includes the use of kayaks, so I took one out just before sunset tonight.
We’ve spent this week in and around Charleston, first in Isle of Palms and more recently in another AirBNB on Bohicket Creek on Johns Island.
We spent a while walking the grounds of Bonaventure Cemetery before heading back to South Carolina to spend Easter weekend with some friends in Edisto Island.
This afternoon, we took a short trip to Wormsloe State Historic Site, the site of the home of one of the first British settlers in what would later become Georgia.
We’ve been spending this week in the already-sultry heat of Savannah, Georgia. It’s been around 30°C / 85°F most of the week, which – for those of us acclimated to Pacific Northwest climate – is quite enough, thank you.
From yesterday’s farm stay on the coast near Townsend, I drove down to Jekyll Island.
I found a last-minute AirBNB room on a farm in rural Georgia with goats and sheep and chickens and maybe an alligator in the river.
We left Charleston for points farther south along the coast. We’re spending a couple of nights in Hilton Head Island, before embarking on some separate journeys for a little while.
No big adventures for us today as it was a work day for me, but we did get out for a walk at sunset tonight. After a gray and blustery day, it was nice to see some color in the sky!
Some local friends suggested that we visit the Caw Caw Interpretive Center, a county-maintained wildlife preserve just outside of Charleston. We did and enjoyed a walk through a cypress swamp and former rice plantation.
It’s only March and already it is getting hot and sultry around here. This afternoon, we went out for a small adventure near Charleston: seeing the state park that commemorates the original Charles Town settlement from 1670.
Today, I left Wilmington and headed down to Charleston where I connected with Lisa. We’ll be in Charleston for the next several days. In both cities, I enjoyed the historic architecture.
Today was mostly a work day, but I did get the chance to explore a little bit around downtown while getting lunch and coffee.
Fortunately, I was able to get back on track and resume the trip as planned today.
Not the weasel. This isn’t an upbeat nursery rhyme.
Here goes a great new adventure! I flew today to Atlanta, Georgia, as part of a grand exploration of the southeastern United States.
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