After leaving Virginia, we continued southward to the Carolinas. We have always enjoyed the Carolinas since they have unique and wonderful adventures on both sides of the states. On the west are the Appalachians Mountains and in the east the Atlantic coast. The west is filled with mountain towns and views while the east has lighthouses, coastal towns, fishing harbors and shrimp boats, off-shore islands. The “low country” is in the east, the home of author Pat Conroy (Prince of Tides, Great Santini), in Beaufort, and Charleston which is loaded with civil war and pirate history. It’s also home for a couple of signers of the Constitution (Edward Rutledge and Charles Pinckney), John Calhoun, and DuBose Heyward who wrote “Porgy and Bess.”
We found ourselves in the corner of Georgia and South Carolina when we were done with the Carolinas, so we followed the Savannah River to Savannah, which is one of our favorite places. We recall one of our favorite books/movies Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and Ron’s Senior Prom theme of “Moon River” all located right there. BUT to get there we passed the Tallulah Gorge and the Chattooga River where “Deliverance” was filmed. The scenery is gorgeous there and the worst part is that we couldn’t get the Dueling Banjos theme out of our heads. We continued down the coast visiting our favorite places: the Okefenokee Swamp [did not see Pogo or Albert (Walt Kelly’s comic strip characters)]; Brunswick and the Golden Isles of Saint Simon (live oaks from here were used to build “Old Ironsides”) and Jekyll Island; Saint Marys (oldest city in “English America”); and Cumberland Island National Seashore. That puts us on the border of FLORIDA, our winter destination. Reflecting back, we left Colorado in May, finished Canada in September, and have been heading south for 14 weeks! As usual we don’t set new records for shortest traveling time to a destination, but boy do we have fun!
Best wishes to all our friends and family for a wonderful holiday season, with hopes of peace and good health in the new year.
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