Day 61 - South Carolina

Day 61

Dec. 11

Charleston, SC

Miss Smith

            Today we had a light breakfast so we wouldn’t be late to our tour. The tour we took was called “Savor the Flavors ofCharleston."

The streets were beautiful with the trees and all. Part of the tour we got to sample some food. It was delicious.

The tour was two and a half hours long. When the tour was over, we visited the gift store. I bought my mom some hot pads cause she’s always losing them. Abigail bought a cookbook and Cilla bought a chef’s hat. I have no idea where she is going to store it since the RV is already pretty full. Abigail is going to embroider Priscilla's name on the hat.

            We had a light lunch and drove to the Fort Sumter office. Since the only way to get to the actual fort is by ferry, we had to wait for the ferry to come back. While we were waiting, we looked around at the museum they had.

            Soon the ferry returned and we loaded up. It was a nice day so Abigail and I rode on the open top of the ferry. Cilla was afraid she would lose her “Mrs. Walton” hat so she stayed inside. While on the ferry we saw some dolphins following it. All too soon we reached the island. There was so much to see. The fort was exciting.

They had cannons, a few museums and you could walk on the fort.

42 pounder cannons

The museum was about the history of the fort. 

Ruins of the Officer's Quarters

Sadly we had to leave after an hour. Riding back we talked about everything we did that day and this time Cilla rode on top with us.

            We listened to some Christmas music on our way back to the cottage. We all sang along as we knew the words. We spent another relaxing night at the cottage. My absolute favorite part of the day was the ferry on our way to Fort Sumter.

Your friend,

Susanna

Day 60 - South Carolina

Day 60

Dec. 10

Charleston, SC

Miss Smith,

            We got up early today so we could finish the drive to Charleston. Our first place we stopped was Boone Hall Plantation.

Boone Hall Plantation

We only spent a few hours there so we could go everywhere we wanted to, but we could have spent longer. The house was beautiful.

Middleton Place

            After that we went to the Middleton Place. The house museum was neat.

The furniture and furnishings were beautiful. We went to the garden afterwards. The flowers were pretty. They had some white flowers blooming that were just gorgeous.

 

Middleton Gardens

            Eventually we tired and decided to go to our cottage. We stayed at the Cottages on Charleston harbor. The cabins were roomy.

Soon we settled in for the night.

My favorite part of the day was when we took a tour of the Middleton house. Got to go now.

Sincerely,

Susanna

Day 39 - Alabama

Day 39

Nov. 19

Dauphin Island, AL

Dear Miss Smith,
We got up today and after breakfast first thing, Miss Priscilla said I could wear one of her hats. Priscilla has a bunch of hats so it was hard to choose from them all, but I finally choose Lady Diane.

We then drove to Mobile the city where the Conde-Charlotte Museum House (also known as the house of five flags) is.

Five flags have flown over this house- French, English, Spanish, American & Confederate

The house was very interesting it had French rooms,

French

English rooms,

British

and confederate rooms.

Confederate

We decided to take one of the 45 minute tours so we could learn as much as possible. Elizabeth’s and my favorite rooms were the confederate rooms because they were decorated with our favorite color pink.






We had a quick lunch and then drove to USS Alabama.

The USS Alabama was used during WW2. Did you know Miss Smith that the USS Alabama is 680 feet long? We walked on the decks. It was huge. We also saw the aircraft collection. They had tons of planes there. We saw the mess hall, and pavilion. My favorite thing that we did today was walking on the decks.

We then drove to the Dauphin House Bed & Breakfast

where we’re spending the night. I made Miss Priscilla the promised homemade bread today. It turned out pretty good. It’s getting late I guess I better get some sleep.      

Sincerely,

Susanna

Day 35 - Alabama

Day 35

November 15

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Dear Miss Sarah,

We spent most of the day at Helen Keller’s birthplace in Tuscambie, Alabama. Helen Keller was blind, deaf, and mute.

Helen & Anne

We first explored Ivy Green, the house. It was called Ivy Green because of all the English ivy that grew there. We saw the parlor, the dining room and two bedrooms downstairs. Upstairs were the trunk room, boy’s room, and last Anne and Helen’s room. 

We also saw the exhibits in the museum room. Outside we saw the cottage and boxwood circle where Helen used to play as a child. We had to see the very pump where Helen learned her first word. Then we looked at the memorial stone. Almost being time to go we hurried and saw the New Zealand gate. They also had lots of gardens.

My favorite part was seeing the water pump. This water pump opened up Helens mind to new things.

We left and headed to Josh and Anna’s house (Friends of Bekah's.) in Tuscaloosa for the night. They grilled for us. We all liked holding the baby so much that we had to take turns. I think Priscilla enjoyed it the most. After playing with the kids we played some games. Need to go, it’s getting late.

Sincerely,

Susanna

P.S. Please share this with Miss Smith since no one else can write her today.