Yesterday we headed south leaving Pennsylvania going into Maryland then just a few miles down the road we entered West Virginia and about the time I got use to seeing West Virginia signs we entered yet another state - Virginia. Wow !!!! 4 states in just over one hour. Then today it was a three state day, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. It is sure different traveling in the east. Sometimes out west it takes 3 days to drive across one state. It seems like we are traveling faster when we cross state lines so quick. We also noted that we are back in the land of trees with leaves. Somewhere near Charlotte, North Carolina we realized that the trees still had leaves on them. Also the temperature is warmer, that sure is appreciated.
As we have traveled and eaten in restaurants across the country we find different items on the menus that are new to us. We understand that in restaurants of different cultures there are names we don’t recognize. But in good old American restaurants we have found some unusual names. In most cases we have to ask what they are. Today we stopped to eat at a truck stop in North Carolina and the new item was a liver mush sandwich. I had to ask the waitress and she was not to clear on what it was as she had not eaten it. I looked it up on the internet, it is ground up pork liver and corn meal or grits mixed together and made into a loaf, cooked and then sliced. I am glad I didn’t order it. Some other different items we have seen: in PA birch beer, it taste like root beer but is red in color. Also one restaurant had a steamer. My first thought this must be mussels, but no, it is a Sloppy Joe. In Alabama we had swamp soup. It looked like swamp water and was made with collard greens, beans and sausage. It is really good.
Today we kicked back, letting a storm pass thru this area. It was raining when we got up this morning and the forecast was for more rain thru out the day. About lunch time we drove into the town of Walterboro, SC looking for a post office. We found the post office and a nice down town area with many shops and two nice restaurants. We had lunch at the Blarney Stone - an Irish Pub, very nice and the food was good.
The Blarney Stone and the main street of Walterboro
The side walk is made with oyster shells in it.
A nativity scene in from of Old Bank Christmas and Gift Shop with the Waterfall Plaza next door. This tree had lots of Spanish moss hanging from it.
We have changed the picture at the top of our blog to a picture of our current rig. We are much more comfortable in this rig.
Tomorrow we are heading south if the weather is good.
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