As we headed south along the coast we knew we wanted to spend some time in the Nags Head area. Unexpectedly, Amy's friends, Susan and Greg, blessed our family greatly allowing us to stay at their beach house in Manteo. It was so nice to get back into a school/work routine again without having to move from campground to campground. The weather also warmed up and the sun appeared bringing back good memories of previous beach trips to the Outer Banks. During the afternoons we visited the North Carolina Aquarium, The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island, historic Manteo, The Wright Brothers Memorial, and the beach of course.
After such a fantastic time in the Outer Banks, we reluctantly headed south to South Carolina. Our reluctance was short-lived. Charleston is a very historic city with lots to do and see. We took the ferry from Patriot Point to Fort Sumter where the first shot of the Civil War was fired. Between the interpretive ranger talks, museum, and walking the fort grounds we all had a great history lesson. With such a warm and sunny forecast Jerry convinced Jackson and Asa's teacher to take a field trip to Kiawah Island for a half-day at the beach.
We continued south to Savannah, and the unusually warm weather followed us. We met Jerry's co-worker, Wendy, and her family at Paula Deen's restaurant
The Lady and Sons. It was classic southern cooking…the black-eyed peas were superb. We camped at Fort McAllister State Park. Continuing with our Civil War history lesson we toured the fort, listened to another interpretive ranger talk, and enjoyed the park's visitor center. The ranger was thought provoking with open discussion of the issues leading to the Civil War from the perspective of both the southern states that seceded from the Union and the northern states' role. The questions we left with were…
- What if the Founding Fathers following the Revolutionary War had developed a plan to phase out slavery over a generation or two?
- What if Lincoln had not been assassinated? Would his leadership afforded a better plan to deal with the freed slaves?
As we headed south along the coast we knew we wanted to spend some time in the Nags Head area. Unexpectedly, Amy's friends, Susan and Greg, blessed our family greatly allowing us to stay at their beach house in Manteo. It was so nice to get back into a school/work routine again without having to move from campground to campground. The weather also warmed up and the sun appeared bringing back good memories of previous beach trips to the Outer Banks. During the afternoons we visited the North Carolina Aquarium, The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island, historic Manteo, The Wright Brothers Memorial, and the beach of course.
After such a fantastic time in the Outer Banks, we reluctantly headed south to South Carolina. Our reluctance was short-lived. Charleston is a very historic city with lots to do and see. We took the ferry from Patriot Point to Fort Sumter where the first shot of the Civil War was fired. Between the interpretive ranger talks, museum, and walking the fort grounds we all had a great history lesson. With such a warm and sunny forecast Jerry convinced Jackson and Asa's teacher to take a field trip to Kiawah Island for a half-day at the beach.
We continued south to Savannah, and the unusually warm weather followed us. We met Jerry's co-worker, Wendy, and her family at Paula Deen's restaurant The Lady and Sons. It was classic southern cooking…the black-eyed peas were superb. We camped at Fort McAllister State Park. Continuing with our Civil War history lesson we toured the fort, listened to another interpretive ranger talk, and enjoyed the park's visitor center. The ranger was thought provoking with open discussion of the issues leading to the Civil War from the perspective of both the southern states that seceded from the Union and the northern states' role. The questions we left with were…
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Amy, Hope you enjoyed a nice sunny warm day for your birthday! The kids noticed today that the rocket from Jackson's birthday is still in the tree. They thought he might want to know. -Sara
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