We've seen and done so much in the last 4 months, it's almost impossible to relate everything. The last post had us in New York and headed to Pennsylvania. We stayed at Hershey TT in October. Halloween is a big deal back east. Everywhere you go they decorate to the max. They even have Trick or Treat in the park and kids come from all over for candy and hay rides.
We saw Hershey Chocolate World and the Hershey School, including the Hershey Street Lights. Then we drove all over the Amish Country and had dinner at one of the old style family restaurants called Plain and Fancy. We took a bus tour to Philadelphia and saw the Liberty Bell, Independance Hall, so much else and had a Philly Cheesesteak. We saw Ghettysburg, the Eisenhower Ranch, Valley Forge. I have a list of things to do next time we come East, it keeps growing.
Next we moved on to Virginia. We drove through 4 states in one day, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. We bought an annual pass to Colonial Williamsburg, it is much cheaper that way. There is always so much to see there and it changes often. Even so, some things stay the same. We visited Williamsburg in 1969 and had lunch at Chownings Tavern. I remembered their Welsh Rarebit and Smithfield Ham with great fondness. It was just as good as I remembered. We also visited Jamestown and Yorktown. Still haven't seen everything there, either. But there was frost on the windshield and the silver car was white, so it was time to head South.
We moved on to the Outer Banks on the Atlantic Coast. Kill Devil Hill, what we usually call Kitty Hawk, is where the Wright Brothers made their flights. We climbed the Jockey Ridge Dunes to see Pamlico Sound on the west side and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Time to head to Charleston, North Carolina. We saw Fort Sumpter and the Slaves Market. This wasn't where they were sold, it's where they sold wares as the butchers and tanners. The original buildings are still there and used as a craft market. Linda bought a sweet grass basket and a Charleston Rose and Tom got a roof slate with a painting of one of the local churches. The baskets are the same as when the slaves were brought here from Africa (you can watch them weave right there) and the slate is from the historic roofs in the area. Local artists get them when roofs are repaired. We had lunch at the Crab House in downtown Charleston, right next to the Market. Tom and Linda shared a Low Country Boil (Andouie Sausage, Shrimp, Red Potato and Corn on the Cob, boiled and served in a big bowl together) and Crab Cake with Fried Green Tomatoes. We took a carriage ride through Charleston.
Time to move on south, next stop is Savannah, Georgia. We literally walked all over Savannah, since that is the best way to see it. We saw Johnny Mercer's home and Paula Dean's restaurant. We also went to Fort Pulaski, that was very interesting.
Our next stop is in Florida. I'll post some pictures next time.
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