Home Sweet Home

Good to see those BPC buses roll into the parking lot.

Thank you to all the One America supporters. We had another phenomenal experience.

Boarding in Baltimore

Southwest flight 614 is on time due to arrive in Hartford at 4:45.

Full moon over the marketplace

Steph Z. poses outside one of the stores. We have very little time for shopping, perhaps tomorrow we can get some in before we depart for the airport.

Delightful Performer

The staff at the hospital are so informative. Did you know they perform CAT Scans and MRIs and brain surgery on the turtles?

Jess and a Sea Turtle

Several tanks house the turtles during their rehabilitation. Conditions that will bring turtles in include cold shock, ingesting plastic items, damage from propellers, among others.

Sea Turtle Rehab Hospital

The South Carolina Aquarium volunteers give us a presentation on the seven varieties of sea turtles.

Leaping for Joy

One more jump before we leave.

January Plunge

We can't resist a quick dip in the water.

Starfish

In the tidal pools.

Getting into Beach Mode

Bring your ponytails and get ready to sweep the beach.

Heading Ashore

Flags of Ft. Sumter

Ft. Sumter

One of three artillery shells ( between Nikki and Nat) still embedded in fort wall. Walls are 5-7 feet thick.

Dolphins Off the Side of the Ferry

This morning we head out to Ft. Sumter As we wrap up our history course, we are coming full circle to where the Civil War began. Sunny and 72 degrees.

Michelina Shows Us the Way

For some of us that had never shucked before, Michelina, who grew up going to Cape Cod, was a key instructor.

Steaming Oysters

When you order a tray of oysters they give you a number and then you go outside and under the building to collect your steamed bits of heaven. They are steamed under wet burlap (the mound on the right.)

On the half shell

All around the restaurant are piles and piles of oyster shells.

Sunset at Bowens Island

We race to the tip of the island just in time for sunset.

Crack 'E Teet

On the Gullah Tour in Charleston we learn about Gullah language and the African American experience in Charleston. The above expression means "don't gossip".

The Marshall House

Our hotel was a former Civil War hospital. Haunted, of course.