Sunday April 10th 2016

Well the cold weather and my travels north intersected this morning in South Carolina. When I got up this morning it was around 40 degrees. Once the sun was out for a while it got into the 60s, but this is the coldest temperatures the RV has been in since January. The forecasts are for warmer temps even as I move north over the next few days.
Today was an uneventful day. After 2 days of touring I stayed at home today. My focus was on watching the Masters golf tournament and planning the next week of travel. I’ve decided to stop in Washington DC for a few days. It has been a few years since I’ve been so it will be interesting to see what’s changed. If my new plans hold, I should be back in New England by the 19 or 20th of the month. I have made a few reservations but have more to make.

Arthur Ravenel Jr cable stayed bridge over the Cooper River from Charleston to Mt. Pleasant NC. By some accounts it is the longest cable stayed bridge in the western hemisphere.

During my visit to Charleston SC I’ve seen the two big things I wanted to see. Fort Sumter and the USS Yorktown were on my must see list. For the most part they lived up to my expectations. Some of the other big tourist draws to Charleston do not really interest me. I have seen a lot of old houses even some with the remnants of slave quarters so tours of Plantations and downtown neighborhoods are not that interesting. Even so, I drove through one of those Charleston neighborhoods. The trees and landscaping were nice.
I’ve put all of my pictures from Charleston in a Google Photo Shared Album. I’ll probably stop back in this area in a few years to see other things. For example, the battleship North Carolina is up in Wilmington, NC and there is always Myrtle Beach.