South and further south

Continuing to chase some warmer weather we drove through the beautiful Virginia countryside. Walton’s Mountain scenery, went through Rattlesnake Hollow, we didn’t stop. Stayed in Danville just north of the North Carolina border.

Halloween day we put our beach bum costumes on and went to Myrtle Beach, nice sunny day but a bit windy, we waded but didn't swim. First time at the beach on October 31! We walked along the board walk, the place is a long string of casinos, hotels and amusement parks.

Trick or treat!

Next stop Charleston. We spent a chilly, rainy Saturday doing a driving tour of the old town and then went to the market. Four blocks (covered) of all kinds of merchandise, we missed the farmer's market but it is not covered so we likely wouldn't have stayed long. Temp was 11 but it felt much colder, I was shivering in my 'fall' jacket. The weather improved a bit the next day and we went to Fort Sumter, that's where the American Civil war started. On our way again, we stopped and toured the Middleton Plantation, the oldest formal gardens in North America.

We made it to Florida! We spent 3 days at a very nice resort and took day trips to Cocoa Beach and Denis got to spend the day at the Kennedy Space Centre.

Welcome to NASA (space cadet, Denis!)

In the rocket garden!

We were thinking of staying for the winter but we've more country to see. Another night at a nice but very different resort.

We're now in Pensacola Beach for a week.

Camped amongst the big boys!