DAY THREE: The two of us on the Fort Sumter ferry.
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
Every year since 1999 Anne and I have taken one road trip to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have back home. From 1999 to 2003 we did so as best friends; from 2004 to the present, as husband and wife. After years of contenting ourselves with everyday life in Indianapolis and any nearby places that also had comics and toy shops, we overcame some of our self-imposed limitations and resolved as a team to leave the comforts of home for annual chances to see creative, exciting, breathtaking, outlandish, historical, and/or bewildering new sights in states beyond our own. We’re the Goldens. This is who we are and what we do…
…and it all comes down to this, at long long last, per our tradition for every MCC road trip story: one final collection of alternate scenes, extra details, and surplus attractions along the way to Charleston, South Carolina, and back again that were squeezed out of the main narrative. Over half are from that particular destination simply because the city was so photogenic that we just kept clicking and clicking. Enjoy!
Anne takes way more selfies than I do…
…and she definitely takes more pics of me than I do.
A construct sticking out of Charleston Harbor. Buoy? Submarine? Power station? Cell phone tower? Alien detector?
A Fort Sumter battle flag that was knocked over on the second day of the Civil War.
Back on shore, a wider shot of the Pineapple Fountain at Riley Waterfront Park.
A window planter on historic Rainbow Row.
One more batch of flowers — maybe milkweed? — from Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens.
DAY SEVEN: Additional art from the Kentucky State Capitol‘s rotunda.
DAY FOUR: Downtown Charleston‘s own King Street Cookies dissing their corporate coffee-shop competition.
DAY FIVE: Anne getting high on fresh air at Isle of Palms Beach before we left Charleston.
Artier shot of the South Carolina State House and their mandatory George Washington statue.
A dragon head in front of Double D’s Coffee and Desserts in Asheville, NC.
DAY SIX: That time former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning did a corporate synergy thing with Bush’s Baked Beans, as touted at their Tennessee welcome center.
From Great Smoky Mountains National Park, an alternate shot of the observation tower at the top of Kuwohi, which at the time was still known as Clingmans Dome.
Those same Smokies and the multiple horizons viewable from on high with considerable effort. It’s also a travel metaphor!
…and then we went home, topped off the Camry’s gas tank and returned it to the rental agency the next day.
TOTAL ROAD TRIP MILEAGE AS OF GAS STOP #6: 1,752.4.
The End. Thanks for reading. Lord willing, we’ll see you next time.
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