Colin and Cecile Travels

Since we were just in Charleston a few months back, we didn't hit a lot of the usual tourist spots. Fountain at the waterfront park. Tree Lined path Popular Place to walk The Famous Pineapple Fountain Castle Pinkney, one of the three forts at Charleston Harbor entrance Lunch at the Charleston Harbor Fish House USS Yorktown (Carrier) and USS Laffey (Destroyer) from the restaurant with the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Memorial Bridge in the Background.  Taken from our table at the restaurant. Savannah, Georgia  

Camping under the Spanish Moss in Yemassee, South Carolina Gracie along for the ride Campground has a "Lake" more like pond. Notice to visitors "Don't feed the Alligators" Entrance to the Frampton Plantation House,  Frampton was one of the signatories on the  "Ordinance of Cessation" when South Carolina left the Union. Plantation House and Giant Live Oak Tree The Garden Model of one of the local Shrimp Boats Mourning Gowns worn by Mrs. Frampton Charleston For the Day  

Visiting Karen and Nick Morning and seeing their boys for the first time in 50 years   The World of Coca Cola Decorated bottles around the Lobby A variety of Vending Machines "The Vault" where the "Secret Formula" is kept Asking Coke Trivia Questions Cecile & Karen friends since 4th grade Road Trip 2023 Day 2

  St. Thomas, the final stop on our cruise before returning to Puerto Rico to fly home. Not my favorite on the cruise. The island is very upscale, and the tour was primarily consisting of retail therapy. We did go to the "Mountain Top" where the Banana and Strawberry Daquiri reportedly first created. Afternoon packing everything back up for disembarkation. Lots of sailboats in the harbor near us Lots of vey high end Yachts here.  This one on the end is actually for sale and it could be yours for a mere $199 Million as we headed up the mountain we could see another cruise ship coming  in to park next to us. In another part of the port, they park the Mega Cruise ships, the one here  is Royal Caribbean and the one coming in to join them was Celebrity From the mountaintop you can see several other islands including St. John and  St Croix (U.S. Virgin Islands), Tortola, Little Tobago, Great Tobago, Jost Van  Dyke (British Virgin Islands) and a number of small...

Another wonderful Day in St Maarten. We took off on a special tour today, after a little sightseeing on the way we went to Toppers Rhum Distillery (Dutch still use the H in Rhum). We learned all about making and bottling Rum. Our Guide (Dutch Girl) Explaining the process of making Rum These six Flavors (Banana Vanilla Cinnamon, White Chocolate Raspberry, Coconut, Mocha Mama, Caribbean White, and Spiced) are shipped to the U.S. and sold through their distributor in the U.S. Total Wine and More. They actually make 100 different flavors, but you can only get the others on the Island. Into the Kitchen where they prepared chicken marinated in Coconut Rum with pineapple, sant & pepper and a little chili powder. YUM. They also make Gelato and several have rum in them. Our Chicken dish More samples, we got 25 of these ( this was White Chocolate Raspberry and Spiced Rum) Sample of White Chocolate Raspberry Rum Gelato...OMG The six flavors that are exported, are made in larger quantities...