From the Carolinas to Miami

Since my last post we've spent wonderful days in Raleigh, Wilmington, South Carolina, Savannah, Valkaria, and just arrived in Miami. Let me just say the weather has been incredible, especially since it was snowing when we left Baltimore.

Raleigh was spent at Kim Shapper's house and we had a great time. Went to downtown bars, the restaurant she works at (Winston's), and a Hurricanes game (my first NHL game).

Wilmington -- we stayed with Sarah Bernert who was a lovely tourguide. She took us to Wrightsville and Carolina Beach, Fort Fisher, and downtown for lunch and later the bars.

Charleston -- with great recommendations from Sarah Sum we explored the city on our own. Hitting King Street (lots of shops), the Battery where you could walk along the water and look at Fort Sumpter, and had a lovely lunch/dinner at the Blind Tiger. Love love loved the city...and we stayed at a campground right on the beach called Edisto Beach

Savannah -- stayed at a campground about 20 mins from the city, Skidaway Island, (three camping nights in a row, GO ME!) and navigated through the city via recommendations from a park ranger. Savannah is by far my favorite city: River St runs along the water and has tons of shops, restaurants, and bars and Ellis Square has the same but drinking on the streets is legal, so obviously we enjoyed ourselves. I loved the size of the city, the beautiful weather, and overall easy-ness of it!

Valkaria - we stopped on our way to Miami with my family friend Ralph. He has a great house in a residential area, very calming and relaxing and nice to get a real shower and catch up on laundry :)

Miami -- we actually just arrived here about an hour ago, made reservations at a cheap"er" hotel in Miami Beach, and its definitely funky so far.....looking forward to the evening here

.....and more to come!!!!

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