My husband and I own a home in Jacksonville, NC (Lejeune) and I was able to take a working vacation up to North Carolina to do the walk out inspection and also turn over the home to a new tenant.
I left on a Tuesday morning. It was a wonderful week! I had no real plans, no real time frame, only to get to NC by Wednesday at 2pm. I was lucky to rent the house to the first couple we showed it to and so I had several more free days.
My mother joined me in NC on Wednesday and we relaxed in high style! The first night we went out to eat and to a movie and returned home to a vacant, empty house with nothing more then a blow up mattress and a few blankets.
The next day we woke up, went to get coffee and then decided to take in some shopping. We again went out for dinner, but this night decided to stay in a hotel.
I was also able to meet up with an old girlfriend from the area!
My time in Jacksonville was wonderful, but my journey was just beginning.
I left Jacksonville and went to Charleston, SC to visit my step father. I arrived in Charleston pretty late in the evening. I was able to enjoy my night at a local tavern type restaurant.
The next morning we went to visit one of my step father liquor stores. Along the way we stopped at this 1500 year old oak tree. It was really an amazing tree! And just think of all this tree has seen and been through, 1500 years of southern history! wow.
Then off to downtown Charleston for some lunch and a carriage ride through the city. It was a tiny bit chilly, but overall the weather was nice for the carriage ride, very seasonal. I learned more about history and culture of the south on this hour long carriage ride then I learned my entire high school years and into my HISTORY MINOR college degree! yes, it was that interesting... If you ever get the chance to take a carriage tour in downtown Charleston, DO IT!
Some of the prettiest, most amazing houses and gardens were on the path of the carriage ride. These photos do nothing for the amazing detail and glamor that was to be found downtown.
After leaving Charleston I was driving through Savannah and heard that was the home of the bench from the movie Forrest Gump. I pulled over at a McDonalds and took advantage of their free Wi-Fi and learned the bench no longer sits in its location for the movie, they moved the bench into the Savannah History Museum. The museum was 5 dollars so I decided to go and take a look for myself.
I also took a trolley tour of downtown Savannah, learned many interesting things as well, but it was not as fun or as exciting as the carriage tour of South Carolina.
All in all I had an excellent time, being alone, with my thoughts and myself. I was so very happy to get home and see my babies and my husband. It is a trip I will always remember, funny how the best moments are those which nothing really happens.
