Savannah & Charleston

We have hit a bit of a rough patch as we fully expected to! Last Friday, we tried to get off as early as possible so we could visit Kennedy Space Center for a few hours before it closed at 6pm. We got there about 3pm and saw all we could, including the space shuttle Atlantis exhibit which I was very excited to see. The exhibit’s entrance is just the fuel container and it is huge!

We also took the opportunity to do their Shuttle Launch Experience (they do a good job with that) and they took our pictures. I didn’t buy the download so these are just pictures of pictures.

After the Space Center we headed to the campground and for what happened next, please read my entry on the “Light” page of the website! We were supposed to go back to the Space Center on Saturday but with no car, we just concentrated on conference which was a great blessing. Not only were we having trailer trouble but David was not feeling well over the weekend and didn’t start feeling better until Wednesday so our activity was somewhat limited.

Monday we drove to Savannah, Georgia enroute to Charleston, South Carolina. I tend to think of these cities as being pretty similar old historic South cities and it seems from what our tour guides mentioned that they might be rivals! I had planned to just camp in Charleston and drive down to Savannah to see it but it became obvious that was more driving than we wanted to do so when we came to Savannah along our route to Charleston, we parked in a Home Depot parking lot and caught a Lyft to the downtown area. From there we took their trolley tour to learn about Savannah and ended up at Leopold’s Ice Cream, recommended by Bryan Wacker! We enjoyed our time in Savannah, then Lyfted back to our trailer and headed to Oak Plantation Campground in Charleston. We couldn’t unhook and limited set up because of bursts of heavy rain.

Tuesday I rented a car so we could get around until our trailer could be repaired. About mid-day we headed out to see Fort Sumpter. We had a couple of hours to wait our turn and used it to see the South Carolina Aquarium. It is not a great aquarium by most standards but they do have a sea turtle rescue center where they take care of rescued endangered sea turtles. They have release 451 turtles back to the wild and currently have 7 patients. The ferry tour to Fort Sumpter is 30 minutes out and 30 minuted back with about an hour at the fort. I wish I could have had more time there. The fort was built by the federal government to defend the coast but when the Southern army started firing on it, it was from the land side so it didn’t hold up so well! We were the last tour of the day and so the rangers ride the boat back with us and had to take the flag down. The kids helped with that which I hope will be a memorable experience. It was certainly memorable when Nigel and I got to do that at Fort McHenry in a big storm!

Wednesday we did the historic carriage tour of Charleston. Our guide was funny and informative and we enjoyed the tour very much. We had to be back at our campsite by 3pm to meet the repairman who would repair our jack. It was such a relief to have that done and our trailer level again! I did laundry in the evening. The last couple of days have been cooler, highs in the low 70s with low humidity so very pleasant!