There’s little to write about today as I simply headed home from the “start/end point” of the perimeter trip. I wish I had been able to make today’s drive last December and truly complete the journey but I will need a final trip in the fall to fill in the large gap in the southwest … Continue reading The End of the Road (until the fall)
Norfolk, Virginia is the main east-coast base of the US Navy and today I was focused on warships. Service men and women always seem to get up at the crack of dawn but, on this Sunday, neither of the two places I wanted to visit opened until noon. After sleeping in and taking a long … Continue reading Navy (Half) Day
I recently learned of an event at home that I want to attend on Tuesday so, today, I decided to drive over 400 miles to get to Norfolk, VA and get into position to get home on Monday. This entailed nearly eight hours of driving which did not leave a lot of time for sightseeing. … Continue reading Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills and Aviation History
Today I drove from Savannah, Georgia to Conway, South Carolina and the only stop I made was to do the tour of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Fort Sumter is the place where the first shots in the American Civil War were aimed. It was a union fort that had been under construction for 30 … Continue reading Fort Sumter – Boning up on my American History
Today’s focus was purely on historic Savannah. For some reason I thought I had visited the city soon after I came to the US but I did not recollect anything I saw today so I guess I was mistaken. What a tragedy to have waited so long. The two-hour drive from Jacksonville was on interstate … Continue reading Beautiful Savannah
Today was very relaxing. From Daytona Beach I headed north up highway A1A to Jacksonville. The stretch of A1A from Daytona to St. Augustine is the most scenic in terms of feeling like you are on the perimeter. You can see the ocean for much of the way and, even when the dunes obstruct the … Continue reading St. Augustine and the Oldest Surviving Plantation in Florida
My initial thoughts for today were to find something interesting to do in/near Miami and then head up the coast to Cocoa Beach for the night. However, when I looked at the top attractions in Miami on TripAdvisor, nothing grabbed my interest (it mainly seemed to be beaches or water activities). The reason to stay … Continue reading Last Full Day of Driving