Tuesday, April 24- We have been in Charleston, SC for 24 hours now, and I still love it. It’s like a city for non-city people. Lots of shopping in cute little shops, horse-drawn carriages with big draft horses, arts & crafts, no sky-scrapers allowed- the church steeples are the tallest buildings in the city. College of Charleston has a great campus. The people are VERY friendly- everyone says “Hey”. (Translated into CT-talk- “hello”.) We stopped into a few galleries and pricey stores, too. But I just bought a T-shirt and we got lunch at Bubba Gump’s Shrimp House. The old mansions look gorgeous & stately- after we get our repairs done tomorrow we will go exploring further. It’s difficult to decide- plantation? Aquarium? Museum? Church tour? House tour? So much to do! Linda

Here we are again - still in Charleston. It's about 9:00pm on Wednesday night. I learned at about 5:00pm that we are going to have to stay here for at least 2 more days. The reason - I haven't received the important mail that I have been waiting for. Hopefully it will come on Thursday, but that doesn't help much, because a storm front is approaching and is supposed to arrive on Thursday night and Friday. It'snot much of a storm but the winds are supposed to 20-25 knots. We don't feel comfortable moving in those winds. Also, the next 70 miles to Georgetown are reportedly very shallow. That brings the tide into play. We need to leave on a low or a rising tide, which means boating later in the day, which means more wind - kind of a Catch22. On the good side - Volvo service arrived today and the oil, oil filter, and fuel filter have all been changed. We're good, servicewise, for the next 500-600 miles. Linda is currently watching "American Idol" which I cannot stand. She spent a couple of hours today labeling a portion of our pictures. We have taken more than 900 pictures so far - anyone for an 8 hr. slide show? Today we went sightseeing to an antebellum "city plantation house." The more we see of this city, the more we like it. Still, even the natives talk about the summer weather being oppressively hot and buggy. I hope to head northward on Saturday, or possibly Sunday, and travel for 2-3 days northward. PS - more pictures tomorrow.Ken


Day 21 -
They continue to hold me captive!
We are in Charleston, somewhere in the south.
I am OK! The food has not changed for weeks. I will try to escape soon! CORY!!!