Sunday 25 April, Day 46

Unfortunately this morning we did not have connections to find a good local church to worship at, but we enjoyed a time of singing, praying and reading God's word together as a family in the RV.

We also enjoyed a visit to Middleton Place, a plantation outside Charleston. The gardens were AMAZING, with ponds, pools, statues, rivers (complete with alligators), and blooming azaleas spread out over a large area. The house tour was also interesting, with civil war history, and some of the owners going back to signers of the declaration of independence.

It was rainy today, but they had the working area of the plantation in operation, (there was even a sheepdog demonstration). So the kids got an opportunity to try their hand at weaving, and see some wood working going on.

We then headed back into Charleston area intending to go out to Fort Sumter, but the wind was too high and they shut down the boat service out to the fort. This also impacted our tour of the aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown, since they shut down the flight deck. However, we still had a great time exploring the bowls of the ship. We had a good laugh at the size of the recipe for cookies, which I included a picture of.

On the carrier the kids also got to climb in and out of airplanes, and we visited a Medal of Honor presentation. On the way out we also visited a replica of a Vietnam base.

We continued our journey up the coast to Myrtle Beach, where we had a nice dinner overlooking the water. We stayed at the state beach campground, in this top tourist destination of the east coast (something like 13 Million visitors each year!).

All in all, it was just another routine day in the RV worshiping God, and discussing slavery, history, communism, freedom, service to country, and nature with the kids!