Colin and Cecile Travels

They are having the worst case of Tent Caterpillar infestation than they have had in 100 years according to the staff at the RV park.  We came out a couple of days ago and all the tires on the car and Motorhome were covered in Tent Caterpillars.  According to what I read online, the eggs were laid last year, but the caterpillars don't come out until the following spring. Caterpillars on tire They are everywhere!   Back for Another Day in Charleston

Just a few miles from the campground on a back road was the Sheldon Church Ruins. There were headstones through the property with no sense of organization Tomotley Plantation, one of the few working plantations left in the South. Was not open when we were there The tree and Spanish Moss lined drive up to the Plantation House. Interesting Note:  Spanish Moss is neither Spanish or a Moss.  It is actually an "Air Plant" in the Bromeliad family.  It is not a parasite and does not hurt the trees it hangs on. Eastern Tent Caterpillars  

The Lighthouse at "Harbor Town" on the Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Went to "The Quarterdeck" for a late lunch/early dinner A True Culinary Experience - Crab Crusted Swordfish  with Imperial Sauce and Fingerling Potatoes Cecile's Salad had huge Shrimp and crab meat on top View from the upper deck of the restaurant where we had lunch The Lighthouse and Quarterdeck Restaurant Rest Day Staying Close to the Campground  

  St. John the Baptist Catholic Basilica Cathedral In just in time for Noon Mass Over 20 beautiful Squares in the Historic District Like Charleston's Rainbow Row the houses are beautiful pastel colors. Decided to do a Hop-off/Hop-on Trolley Tour Hopped off for a tour of the American Prohibition Museum Video playing of Billy Sunday professing the sins of Alcohol Statue of the Hatchet Wielding Cary Nation Interesting Fact, more than 75% of taxes in the U.S. before prohibition came from Liquor taxes.  Income Tax was created to replace the revenue lost by prohibition, of course after prohibition was repealed, the income tax did not go away. Moonshiner camp display  You finish up the tour in a Speakeasy Sampling a Sezerac Waterfront on the Savannah River, the current is so strong you would make out to Tybee Island in about 5 minutes. Many a person has drowned here. Market Place The Waving Girl statue.  A girl fell in love with a sailor, but he had to return to the sea....