Pilgrims Journey: Our trip to the deep south

We were up and on the road bright and early on our way south before Christmas this year. Our journey leads us to several places, but the mission goal was to visit a dear elderly lady in Beaufort, South Carolinia. Mrs. B is her name, and she and her husband were like second parents to my dad while he was in the Army in Washington D.C. in the 1970s. Now she is living with her daughter and her son-in-law as well as a menagerie of animals.

Down at the end of the street there is a pier and a boat dock. It is so peaceful on the water. I like the sun shooting through the clouds. Typical to South Carolina is swamp. Spanish moss hangs beautifully from the trees.

Emily and I to drive it down to the pier. Emily was geting driving practice.

Does Spanish moss kill the trees?
If Spanish moss is thick enough over leaves, it may block the sun and kill the tree.
http://www.ecofloridamag.com/askeditor_spanish_moss.htm

Gus and Sadie

Dad and I buying some black berry cider from a roadside shop in in Beaufort.

There is a flock of 12-18 deer that come for the corn in the backyard.

God told Moses
Exodus 14:16

"16But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea."

Emily loves riding Rusty. Be very careful with cameras around the horses, the flash spooks them. We learned the hard way...

Fort Sumter in the center of Charleston harbor. The Confederates fired on the Federal troops in the Fort leading up to the Civil War. The Fort was taken down half its 50 feet in height by the shelling. Once the Federals left the Fort, the Confederates occupied it. At the end of the war the Federals retook the Fort.

Here is the real size of Fort Sumter's flag. The original is in a display case below the replica.

Now there are several flying over the Fort the Union, Confederate.

Looking out the cannon hole in Fort Sumter's wall. 15 cannons were present when the attack started. The Fort was not completed and was poorly equipped. There were only 70 people running the Fort.