{"id":199,"date":"2006-04-21T19:46:07","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T23:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=199"},"modified":"2006-04-21T19:46:07","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T23:46:07","slug":"the-road-to-charleston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Charleston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not wanting to leave the Little Talbot Island area too quickly, we went to visit the nearby Kingsley Plantation. It’s a National Park site, so we scored another stamp in our parks passport. It’s a beautiful spot on the river, with some fascinating history related to slavery, but unfortunately the two main buildings were closed for renovation (termite damage).<\/p>\n

\"Kingsley<\/p>\n

Still, we spotted a bit of wildlife along the trails, including some venomous-looking spiders (probably not in reality), and this salamander. He was about eight inches long. Anyone know what species this guy is?<\/p>\n

\"Salamander.jpg\"<\/p>\n

The ride up I-95 was uneventful, except for the alligator on the highway somewhere in South Carolina. I hadn’t realized they lived that far north. It’s a shame we weren’t quicker with the camera, but it was all I could do to swerve out of his path without hitting someone else on the highway. I-95 was crowded enough without six-foot gators wandering around on it. I was glad the Hensley hitch was on the rig … the abrupt swerve was a non-event.<\/p>\n

I got one of those lucky wifi breaks that happen when you’re on the road. We stopped for lunch at a restaurant off I-95, but I wasn’t hungry, so I went into the trailer and found the Days Inn next door had a wide-open wifi network. That’s always good news for getting work done quickly.<\/p>\n

But overall, it was just another day. 250 miles covered, and here we are in Charleston at a commercial campground. (The park has Tengo wireless Internet “at every site” but of course the signal doesn’t penetrate the Airstream’s skin, so I’m still using the Internet In Motion<\/a> system built into the trailer.) Tomorrow we will tour Charleston and whatever else seems interesting in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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