Day 142 (10/20/14): Savannah, GA | Hilton Head Island, SC Even though we were done with Charleston, we weren't quite finished seeing South Carolina yet. We had heard great things about Hilton Head Island, SC, and wanted to visit the area. With the island being only about 30 miles from Savannah,...
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Days 140-141: South Carolina & Georgia
Day 140 (10/18/14): Charleston, SC | Wadmalaw Island, SC Remember how much I like tea? Well, we discovered America's only tea garden! On Wadmalaw Island, SC, is the Charleston Tea Plantation, which is also North America's only commercialized tea plantation where tea is grown and manufactured. I...
Day 139: South Carolina (Part 3)
Day 139 (10/17/14): Charleston, SC | Mt. Pleasant, SC After driving through the Historic Ashley River Plantation District yesterday, we were looking forward to touring one of the many plantations in the Charleston area. Out of all the available options, we decided to see Boone Hall Plantation in...
Days 137-138: South Carolina (Part 2)
Day 137 (10/15/14): Myrtle Beach, SC | Charleston, SC Well, Myrtle Beach was not the glamorous destination we had been hoping for, so we left today. We're not done with South Carolina yet though. The city we were most interested in seeing was Charleston, and that's where we're going today! As we...
Days 132-134: North Carolina & South Carolina
Day 132 (10/10/14): Raleigh, NC | Kill Devil Hills, NC | Buxton, NC Originally we were planning on heading south from Raleigh, NC, down to Myrtle Beach, SC. But, we've learned on this trip that plans change frequently. Based on suggestions from several different people, we decided to take a slight...
Days 130-131: Virginia & North Carolina
Day 130 (10/8/14): Richmond, VA | Raleigh, NC Having our fill of Richmond, we were ready to leave Virginia. Since we were working our way down South, we'd be going back through North Carolina and wanted to check out Raleigh. While driving, we saw numerous cotton fields as well as billboards for...
Days 125-126: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland & Washington, D.C.
Day 125 (10/3/14): Narvon, PA | Delaware | College Park, MD This was a driving day. We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Pennsylvania and appreciated all the historic places we were able to see. But with our tour of the state now complete, it was time to move on. So we left Pennsylvania today and...
Day 124: Pennsylvania (Part 2)
Day 124 (10/2/14): Philadelphia, PA For our last Pennsylvania destination, we visited Philadelphia, known as the "birthplace of American democracy" and "The City of Brotherly Love." Wondering how Philadelphia received the "brotherly love" nickname, I discovered that it's not so much a nickname as...
Days 121-122: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Day 121 (9/29/14): Oakham, MA | Connecticut | New York | New Jersey | Narvon, PA Yesterday we said goodbye to my family in Massachusetts and left this morning. Back on the road, we headed south along the East Coast. First we passed through Hartford, CT, then the states of New York and New Jersey....









