We left Rota, Spain, last Friday morning and arrived in Dover, Delaware, that afternoon. Spent one night on the road and are now in Charleston, SC, in our "home sweet motorhome". It's good to be in our own bed again!
We had planned to do a little sightseeing on the way south, but the Dismal Swamp was burning and there was heavy smoke all through Virginia. The Outer Banks will have to be seen on another trip. We were able to stop and see the Wright Brothers National Monument in Kitty Hawk, NC. We stood on the very hill from which they launched the first manned, controlled air flight. The above photo is the life-size bronze dedicated on the 100th anniversary of the flight.
Charleston is a beautiful city with many historic buildings. The city is on a peninsula between two rivers that empty into the Atlantic. Yesterday, we drove to the Magnolia Plantation, which was disappointing. There were beautiful gardenia bushes, but most of the flowers had been ravaged by the heat. It is hot and humid here!
Tomorrow we head south to meet up with Patti Pratley and Tom who are bringing their sailboat up from Jacksonville, FL, to Brunswick, GA for the summer. We'll stay at Kings Bay where we were in May.
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