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Sep 1 - 9, 2015\r\nLast updated: 9\/12\/15 3:00pm PT<\/pre>\n
Another year, another long driving vacation. This one was not as long as last year’s however, at only 1690 miles. And there wasn’t much variety in scenery. Driving through South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi all kind of looked the same. Once we got far enough south in Louisiana did the scenery change.<\/p>\n
We visited Charleston, Savannah, Andersonville, Atlanta, Huntsville, Birmingham, Vicksburg and New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Not a lot of pictures were taken. I’d like to blame museums for prohibiting pictures, but usually I’m not thinking about taking pictures, I’m just enjoying where I am.<\/p>\n
It was very hot everywhere we went, mid-90’s and humid. Good thing the car was air conditioned.<\/p>\n
First stop Charleston, SC<\/p>\n
We visited the Charleston Museum, the oldest museum in the U.S., opened in 1773. We walked down Museum Mile (aka Meeting Street) and visited the Heyward-Washington House (Heyward signed the Declaration of Independence, Washington’s name is slapped on because he slept there for a week – why is everyone obsessed with where Washington slept?) and the Old Slave Mart Museum.<\/p>\n
The Old Slave Mart was not what I expected. It contained information about slavery. The slave mart was just a small office in a nondescript building. Selling slaves on the street became illegal at one point, so they opened offices. Interesting fact from the museum: 3% of whites owned 95% of all slaves.<\/p>\n
Below is a picture of the Heyward-Washington house from behind. The far building is the house. The building on the left was the kitchen.<\/p>\n