We wanted to go up the coastline but in some areas there were huge bays to go around and we would have had to zig-zag a lot. We passed by many pretty rivers on our way to South Carolina.
You will see a lot of these state welcome signs because it doesn't take long to get from one state to another on the east coast.
It is unusual to see this type of gateway to a state but this was very nice. We found a small state campground outside of Charleston, SC, so Suzy could see her sister's son who is an instructor at Ladson Airforce Base.
The state park, Givhans State Park, had a very small cemetery. It is interesting because the cemeteries are older than in the NW. This one was for a child who died in 1818. When we left this park, we headed to North Carolina and Kentucky to visit family while Pete and Suzy headed to Myrtle Beach to visit family.
Here's another welcome center. Don't you have to stop at the welcome center to say you have visited a state???????
We visited Al Royster in Nashville, NC. Al is Bill's cousin's, Kolleen, husband. We lost Kolleen a few years ago but have kept in touch with Al. Kolleen always said he took really good care of her and we appreciated that. We enjoyed seeing Al, meeting his brother, Thurman and his wife, Dorothy and his friend, Maxine. Also, met his cousin, Henry. They all were some of the friendliest people we have met. We hope to see them again.
The next part of our adventure was to leave our trailer in NC at Al's and drive to Kentucky to see Bill's cousin, RC Day and his wife, Frances. On the way to Kentucky, we saw Pilot Mountain (above) as we got to the city of Mount Airy, NC. Do you remember the Andy Griffith show? Well, Mount Airy is the city where Andy Griffith grew up. There was a Andy Griffith Museum, a Mayberry Inn and Aunt Bea's Cafe.
It's very beautiful on the way to Kentucky from North Carolina. Springtime has lots of shades of green in the scenic mountains. We began to travel in the Appalachian Mountains when we reached the southwest corner of Virginia.
We saw lots of rural areas and traveled mountain highways.
We were to surprised to find Tacoma in Virgina. It sure looks different than the Tacoma, WA, we are used to seeing.
After driving 350 miles, we arrived in Kentucky.
Some of the mountains of Kentucky. Sorry for catching the guardrail. I take a lot of my pictures while traveling or we would never get anywhere.
We had a wonderful two day visit with RC and Frances. They drove us to Cowan where RC's brother, Dick, and son, Scott, live. Enjoyed a visit with Dick and Lois Day but Scott was busy working (in this economy, you work when you can). We mailed a package at Jackhorn, KY, where Scott's first wife is the Postmaster. RC is also a retired Postmaster so Bill, RC and Alice got to talk shop. Bill attended a Rotary meeting with RC so Frances and Teri enjoyed a lunch out. This is the third time we have visited in Whitesburg but we are always in awe of the beauty of the area and appreciative of the southern hospitality shown to us by RC and Frances.
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