Oh Carolinas

To say we did much during the rest of our stay in Atlanta would be stretching it. We did go watch the semi-finals of the college basketball season at this great bar with a selection of hundreds of beers. I did only get through about 10 of them, but then again, I had to drive..

We bid Debi farewell and headed off through the Carolinas where we hit the cold weather showing us how lucky we had been with the warmth up until then. By the time we got to Columbia we were freezing and could not wait to get all snug in our tent. Camping in winter should be a no-no. I wish we were back on the west coast. With the weather turning out the way it is and the possibility of it warming up second to none, we ditched all our plans to head to Virginia Beach (damn) and decided instead to go inland.

One thing which makes South Carolina famous today is their 2006 Miss teen USA contestand who could possibly be the dimmest person ever to appear on television. Have a look at this video clip on YouTube. Too funny, I really mean way beyond funny!! Wooohoooo waaahaaahaaaaaaa haaaahaaa!!!!!

The drive that day was pretty uneventful. With much countryside to see, we just sat tight in the chairs and pressed on for Richmond as this would give us a good opportunity to reach DC by morning and plenty time to go sightseeing around the capital. There was of course time to stop off at our one of our favorite places.. outlet malls. Result - nothing purchased, nothing lost.

Virginia was really the start of the east coast weather. It was chilling down to the bone and we would experience one of our coldest nights camping here so far. Morning heralded a very exciting day though, the town of Richmond is extremely beautiful. It overflows with history and has many great statues depicting generals or the battles they were in. To go with that, there are a few quirky coffee shops and bars to keep those, who do not enjoy the wonders of history, entertained.