Before leaving Atlanta I wanted to stop at the Martin L. King, Jr. Historic Site. He was born and raised in Atlanta. The historic site included the house where he and his family resided (pictured above), the church that played a huge roll in his upbringing, an awesome Visitor Center/Museum, and the tomb of both MLK and his wife Loretta. It was a moving experience. I collected plently of leaflets and information for my students. Since I've had them in first grade last year, they have showed a genuine interest in the life and mission of MLK. So I had to visit this place for myself as much as for my students.
We've only been in Charleston since arriving yesterday around 5pm and we are already in love with this city. We drove through Augusta yesterday in hopes of seeing the greatness of the Augusta National Golf Course, Home of the Masters Tournament. We saw some tall trees along the fenceline of where the golf course was. Even the ladies at the Augusta Visitor Center said that there wasn't much hope in seeing the course itself. It was a little dissappointing, but we pushed on to our final Easterly destination.
Another three hours on the road and we were in Charleston. Again, the trees lining the highway systems in South Carolina are amazing. It feels as if you are being swallowed up as you drive onward.
We're staying in the Days Inn. It's relatively older and the doors open to the beautiful, clean air of Charleston, SC. Cinder and I had a hard time finding out where she's going to do her doggie business because we are in a downtown type of setting. I convinced her to go potty in the small square of dirt under a bush on the sidewalk. We finally found a strip of grass for her to do the rest.
The area we are staying in is within walking distance of the College of Charleston, many historic churches, and the water. Last night we ate at Fleet's Landing. A local seafood restaurant that we walked to. Our waiter was quite lively and a very good salesman. He had great suggestions and served us well. We started with the crab meat Brushetta which was fresh and delicious. Cameron ordered the Shrimp n' Grits that came highly recommended from a friend at work who used to live here in the Charleston area. I ordered the pan-seared scallops with a lemon dill butter sauce. The food was excellent. I knew that I wanted to eat seafood since we are so close to the coast here. It did not fail us in our impecable taste and extensively sophisticated pallates. If those are the same things, oh well. That's how good we are.
We were both beat from the driving so we headed back to the hotel and called it a night.
This morning, all three of us went for a nice morning run. I wanted to run down to the same place we were for dinner so I could see the water. So we ran down there around 8am. We ran all the way over to the pier. The sun was shining through the clouds directly over the water with perfectly spaced rays of soft sunlight beaming down like a fan dipping into the water.
We were looking out onto the water when Cameron said, "Ash, look! Dolphins!" So I looked out to see two dorsal fins skimming up and out of the surface of the water. It was amazing! We are both fans of wildlife but I'm the one who starts squealing when I see wild animals. Cameron only squeals a little bit in the beginning. Then he realizes that I'm listening.
So we watched and counted the dolphins. There were four that we saw. The were staying pretty much in the same place. Perhaps they were playing or hunting. Either way, it was an incredible experience. Add it to the list.
We are about to start our day. Our server at dinner suggested to go to Folly Beach, a relatively untouched area of SC that calls to less tourists than Myrtle Beach. Since this is Cameron's city he is responsible for the plans. He tried, let me emphasize tried, to ask me what we should do today. But I told him that he was in charge. I know he wasn't trying to shirk his responsibilities. He was just trying to get me in on the planning so I would be happy with the day's events.
Check back later to read about our last day in the eastern travel of the Deep South Road Trip, 2009. Love, Ashley and Cameron
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