What another beautiful day we awoke to. It was a bit chilly to begin with but within a few hours we were back up to a comfortable temperature. We’re really enjoying the days here but of course we are also looking forward to again getting back on the road tomorrow. But before we do that, let’s finish our visit to the Turtle Center on Jekyll Island.
The operating room. Here is where they perform whatever is needed to rescue a turtle.
On to the actual hospital.
Some of their current patients.
Once again, I’ve only been able to highlight the fantastic work that this Center does for sea turtles everywhere. If you are ever on Jekyll Island I encourage you to take a few hours and tour the center yourself. You will never regret it.
Another great day is over on The Road of Retirement. It seems like we only arrived here yesterday but in truth it has been five days. Tomorrow, we are back on the road heading now to Myrtle Beach State Park. While there Ms. Barbara is really looking forward to seeing one of her long time friends who she hasn’t seen in several years. OK, time to pack and then get some sleep. Until tomorrow.
Thanks for taking the time to read our blog. We always appreciate your company, your comments, and your suggestions. Keep safe, keep healthy, live to the fullest the days that God gives you.
These are the voyages of Elvira and her two intrepid travelers. Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have never been before.
Today being Sunday we began our morning how we try to do every Sunday morning, by attending virtual worship with our home church, The Colts Neck Reformed Church.
Scott opened the service with our Call to Worship.
Our first song.
Debi was in charge of The Gospel for Children.
Special Music presented by one of the five Bell Choirs
Scott presented the morning message.
I was invited to present the morning Pastoral Prayer.
Our closing song and the service was over.
Time now to start getting caught up on the places we’ve visited the last couple of weeks. We’ll begin with
Above is just a brief view of the many informative exhibits at the Center. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Jekyll Island I encourage you to take the time to visit this fascinating place. Tomorrow, we’ll visit the Sea Turtle Hospital.
As for our day today, it was laid back and easy on The Road of Retirement. The weather has been fair with no rain in sight just yet. We’ve just been enjoying life as it comes and making the most of every minute that God gives us. As for our neighborhood, it is now completely full. Not a vacant site in sight. Yes, life is good.
Thanks for taking the time to read our blog. We always appreciate your company, your comments, and your suggestions. Keep safe, keep healthy, live to the fullest the days that God gives you.
These are the voyages of Elvira and her two intrepid travelers. Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have never been before.
Through The Woods and Across the State They Will Go
Sometimes things happen that you just can’t make up. Like this morning. I’m sitting in my chair, the window to my side and all of a sudden I hear wonk. I look and nothing there. Then, I hear it again but this time I manage to look quick enough. This small, orange beaked bird is throwing himself against the window. Repeatedly. Finally, he gave up or so I though. Nope. He just moved around to the window in the passenger slide. Ultimately, after about fifteen minutes he gave up altogether and flew away. Beats me what he was trying to accomplish.
A little later in the morning I got really ambitious – translated bored – and decided to steam clean our floor. I had been threatening to do it for some time. Well, this morning the urge came over me to do it and so I did. Even before breakfast.
One more item needed attention but I waited till after breakfast for this one. The left brake light on the car was out when it was hooked up to the tow bar. Which was funny since everything had been working perfectly so far. OK, lets see what is what. I removed the light and discovered a loose wire. I’m hoping that this is all that it is. Time will tell, like next Tuesday.
Time for a bike ride around this really huge park. I mean it only has one small loop and a total of about fourteen sites.
I first wandered down to the ICW to hopefully see some action. I would have expected to see some good size boats making the journey since an outside passage in the Atlantic can be rough. This was about it, one lone boat. I don’t understand it. Either no one is traveling by boat or it is to early in the season.
About the only action I caught was this guy dunking his boat.
Then I discovered this fishing tournament for middle high school men and woman. The tournament is named after a four year old boy who was killed in 2019. He ran out of the house to play, his parents said, and unfortunately a family member did not see him and hit him with their truck. The family, however, decided in time to take a devastating loss and turn it into a positive by encouraging young adults to take part in the sport of fishing and explore college opportunities.
The participants left at 6 am but by 3 pm they were back with their catch. Here is one lucky young lady who caught a prize winning fish.
One more thing. Off and on I would see a person, or a group of people come out of the woods in front of our site, head off down the road, and disappear into the woods again. Now this was interesting and needed some investigation. What I discovered was that they were on The Palmetto Trail. The tail is a 500 mile trail across South Carolina that runs besides lakes, across mountain ridges, through towns big and small and across swamps. It connects state and county parks, national forests, nature preserves, wildlife management areas, historic battlefields, and native American paths. The entire trail is open to hiking and backpacking. Some sections are available for mountain biking, horseback riding and camping.
That was our day on The Road of Retirement. It was an easy day for both of us. We decided to just relax and take it easy. There were several places we wanted to visit in this immediate area but we discovered that they are still closed due to COVID 19. So scratch any more sightseeing before we leave. We definitely want to come back to this area and revisit Charleston since there is so much, much more we would like to see. However, this trip is all about visiting family and friends up north so another day another time we’ll be back when time permits us to linger longer.
Thanks for taking the time to read our blog. We always appreciate your company, your comments, and your suggestions. Keep safe, keep healthy, live to the fullest the days that God gives you.
These are the voyages of Elvira and her two intrepid travelers. Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have never been before.
Good Morning World! I just wanted to shout this morning to the highest heavens my words of gratitude and thanks for the wonderful day that the good Lord had given us. I had a good night sleeps, morning temperatures were reasonable, and there was not a hint of rain in the forecast.
Ms Barbara served up a delicious breakfast consisting of egg sandwiches with a cup of coffee. Yummy and tummy filling.
Now, breakfast over it was time to go sightseeing.
Since we only had a few days in this area we wanted to see what we could see of Charleston before we left. Our plan was to go to the Visitor Center, see what we could there, and then take a Gray Line Tour of the city and of the harbor.
Tonight, the Visitor Center. The picture above is of the outside from the parking lot. The Visitor Center is located in the old Deans Warehouse. It is one of five railroad structures known collectively as the William Aiken House and Associated Railroad Structures.William Aiken served as the first president of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. This railroad was the first to use steam locomotives from its beginning, the first to use an American made locomotive, and the first to carry State’s mail.
Moving inside, this is one end of the Visitor Center.
A better look at the map on the floor which shows that Charleston is really located on a peninsula. The two rivers that flow past it are the Ashley River to the west; and, the Cooper River to the East.
The other end of the building.
And the middle.
This is the Bus Barn where you pick up your tour bus. This Visitor Center is really well thought out. A secure parking lot in front, a center with a wealth of information, and a convenient place to arrange for a tour and catch your bus.
Regarding that wealth of information, here is a sampling. . .
Sweetgrass baskets.
OK, this is just the Visitor’s Center. More to come from our city and harbor tour in future blogs.
That was our day on The Road of Retirement. The amazing thing is, the Visitor Center is in the heart of downtown Charleston and yet it is so easy to get to. When we left the house I figured we would be fighting traffic both going and coming. Then there would be the whole parking thing. I could not have been more wrong. Going and coming was a breeze. Parking right at the Visitor Center. Life is good.
Time to call it a night. Sleep well everyone.
Thanks for taking the time to read our blog. We always appreciate your company, your comments, and your suggestions. Keep safe, keep healthy, live to the fullest the days that God gives you.
These are the voyages of Elvira and her two intrepid travelers. Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have never been before.
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