Big Guns!

Wednesday, August 4th we were off to Charleston North Carolina. We found an amazing County Park there that was bigger than many state parks! It was very nicely done, with laundry facilities, and even a water park, and climbing wall for a fee.

We weren't sure we were interested, but Craig Colvin said we had to go to Ft. Sumter, and so we did. Once there, we were glad we went! We took a ferry over to the island. The ferry was air conditioned, and Suzi said she was collecting her goosebumps, and putting them in her bag to save for later! Yes, it was STILL hot and humid! Ft. Sumter was the location of the first shots of the Civil War. You could still see cannon balls embedded in the brick. There was a ranger who led a brief tour that was very informative. We wandered through the fort and headed back to Charleston. We raced back to our trailer to have lunch so we could get to the water park. Then we remembered our sunburns. So, we investigated movies instead. We found 1 we were interested in seeing (the Cats vs. Dogs sequel: I wouldn't recommend it!) We took off for that which turned out to be almost back by the ferry! The movie theater was called Cinnebarre. We have never been to anything like it! It was set up in rows, with long counters in front of the seats. There were rolls of paper towels under the seats and menus on the counters. You could order a full meal with beer, wine, margaritas... We were sorry we had frantically shoved our meal down to get there in time. It would have been a fun place to eat! We think we need a theater like this at home. After the movie, Marcus took Eric and Colin to the water park, while Derek stayed back with his sunburn, and I started in on the laundry. The washers and dryers were in full sun, but there was a lovely bench swing in the shade nearby where I sat between laundry tasks. At one point Suzi joined me and we had a lovely chat! We barely hit the tip of the iceberg in things to catch up on, but it was a nice start! I had driven the laundry over to the washers, and when I went to drive back over, the battery was dead! Marcus came and tried to jump it with Suzi's rental Prius, but that didn't work. Finally, a good Samaritan came by and jumped it for us. I'm not sure what happened, I don't think lights were on, or doors open. Very weird! The next morning when we got up, Marcus checked on the battery... DEAD. Again, we found a helpful sort to jump start us. On the way out to Wilmington we would have to get that looked into.