Bush's Summer to Remember

After many years of absence we are making a soft come back to the Blogsphere friends! This will be an amateur attempt to journal a little of the first time taking our RV out of state. Though the blog doesn’t lend itself to post many pictures as Facebook, still we figure the blog format allows for a little more descriptive remarks of our memories. Let’s see how it goes! We are still figuring how to factor in down time on our trip for relaxing and recovering as we travel up the East coast. We are calling this trip a “Bush’s Summer to Remember”. We are on our way to Maine by the end of the June, and back to Florida by the end of July.

We left the Carolina’s yesterday and arrived to VA safely. While in the Carolina’s we stayed at “Givhans State Park” Such a beautiful park! The name makes one think of a short for “Give Thanks”..doesn’t it? We enjoyed the beautiful natural views and took several walks and bike rides around the Edisto River. A sight to remember were the plentiful cardinals flying and chirping throughout the park. We love cardinals in our family. We have a faithful couple of them living in our backyard. I guess they’re making us feel at home. Not only do they look pretty, but also their crimson plumage, swift flight and faithfulness to their lifelong partner makes me think of Jesus. Want to know why? Check this Bible verse out. So fun to see them along the East Coast! We also saw bunnies and fireflies. Michaela even caught one and it was so amazed by seeing them sparkle in the dark. Another noble creature that points to our awesome creator huh? 

The day after arriving to SC, Michaela was a tad under the weather. So the girls and I stayed at the campground to give her some rest and recover. We enjoyed a lovely time of praise and worship with God's creation as our sanctuary. So sweet! It was also wonderful to be able to connect with church and listen to the sermon online.

In the meanwhile Dave took the boys to town to explore the “Hunley museum”. This was a Confederate submarine commanded by Lieutenant Dixon in the Civil war. Dave says it was a fascinating visit. It turns out this submarine successfully carried its mission of sinking the Husatonic, an union ship blockading the Charleston harbour.  However, it sunk on its return for unknown reasons which are still a mystery to this day. The Hunley was found in the late 1990’s. Isn’t that wild!?

Another place we visited in Charleston, SC was the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier. This ship was built by the Navy and was an instrumental fighting vessel in the pacific theatre retaliating the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack in World War 2. This carrier is so huge & with such educational load on American history, aeronautics, engineering, etc! It took us 4 tours, all day and we still didn't cover it all. we learned a lot together and everybody had a blast. Also both Dave and Garrick got over their 10,000 steps in!

Downtown Charleston, SC was also a quaint and refreshing quick stop. Strolling through the colonial roads and pathways was quite relaxing. Most of the 18th century architecture has been preserved and updated in a very sensible way to keep the colonial feeling. There were beautiful flowers everywhere..ah, and the Hydrangeas! I wish I could take their flower baskets & gardens home with me!

After leaving SC we overnighted at a RV resort in North Carolina where we decided to stay put and recoup before heading to Virginia. That’s where we are now. More to come! So grateful to have this extended time to take this time away to make memories and build our family up. We normally don’t leave for such a long time, but Dave gets the perk of “adoption leave” this year, remember?!  Such a blessing! We are having such a blast. God is good friends. I hope your Summer is drenched with His blessing too! Jump here to the next journal entry if you wish: VA.