Wonderland or How I Lost a Tooth and Found Ghosts

                                                               

                                            Me                        Rita                          Jean

Yes, my little zombie snacks, I’m back! And, boy do I have some stories to tell. My fellow desperados and I headed out to do some sightseeing in the beautiful and historic states of North and South Carolina. Our plans were to tour a few plantations and mansions and to also get in some ghost hunting.
                                                                                

We left early Friday morning, all three of us with all our luggage; it was a long ride, but by nine o’clock that night we had reached Wilmington, North Carolina. Our room had a balcony and a grand view of the battleship USS North Carolina.

                                                                 

                                                                   Jean and I in our room

On Saturday morning, we visited the USS North Carolina, and learned about the brave men who served on this mighty ship during the war. 

                                                                                   

 

                                                    Later, we went on a carriage ride                                              

Then we climbed into Jean's van for the very long ride to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. It took us over 12 hours to get to our destination. We had taken a few wrong turns. Why? I was in charge of the map.                                       

                      Thank goodness, the hotel we booked had a steady flow of coffee, day and night.

                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                 

                      After a good night's rest, we headed out to the Boone Hall Plantation                           

                                                 They have some very impressive oak trees                                                 

                                                                         

 

 The next day, we headed over to the Magnolia Plantation. Charleston South Carolina is so beautiful. The plantation's gardens reminded me of Alice in Wonderland, and the moss hanging from the trees added to the fantasy. Magnolia plantation even had a zoo and I made friends with a deer.
                                                                              

                                                                                 

   The whole Charleston area is beautiful, and I love the buildings; reminds me of New Orleans.

                                                                                     
Then the trouble began: I got sick with an ear and sinus infection and then broke a tooth. But after getting antibiotics into my system and a new ceramic tooth at the Pleasant Family Dentist Center, I was back to my old trouble-making self. The wonderful dental staff even gave me a present.
                                                                                

     

My fever down and my tooth fixed, I had the strength to do some serious ghost hunting. We were not disappointed, and had two confirmed sightings, but that part of my trip is for another blog. My friends wanted to do a Segway tour of the Village in Mt. Pleasant, but, I was nervous as I'm very uncoordinated.  I did warn the instructor that I was an accident waiting to happen. "How bad could you be?" he asked.                             

 

He soon realized just how bad I could be when he had to rescue me several times from oncoming traffic. But, I was happy because I did something that I was hesitant to try and I'll be looking to try this again, maybe on one of the Philadelphia tours. Watch out Philly; I'm on the way.

 

All in all, this was an amazingly fun and exciting trip and I didn't get eaten by alligators.

 

Fighting the Bug & Cruising the Carolinas

                                                                            

                                      Jean               Marie                 Rita

My two fellow ghost hunters and I have been dying to head down to North and South Carolina to enjoy the history, the ambiance and the ghosts. We got all three!

                                                                                  

After driving for nine hours (we got lost a few times; they left me in charge of the map) we finally reached Wilmington, North Carolina.
                                                                                 
 We visited the battleship USS North Carolina and learned about its part in World War two, and encountered a two ghosts; young sailors who had died during one of the ship's battles. Later, we   hit the local restaurants. The people of the south are so very friendly.
                                                                                   

 I had been on antibiotics for three days already to fight my infected sinuses and ear infection, and I really thought that I was getting well; I was wrong!

                                                                               

Next day, we headed towards Charleston, South Carolina and after getting misplaced a few times (yeah, I had the map, again) we reached our destination.
                                                                                   

Sunday, we set out to see the sights with me ignoring the fact that I was feeling worse instead of better. We visited the Boone plantation and slave houses. The mansion was closed because of a festival, but we intend to hit the mansion on another day, soon.
                                                                                       

 But visiting the slave house had a sobering effect on me. Being an advocate against human trafficking, I was extremely touched by the suffering endured by the slaves. When will we ever evolve mentally and spiritually enough to realize that no one is free unless all people are free? There is no equality unless all are equal. With all the hate out there, I’m beginning to have my doubts that we’ll make it to the end of the year.

                                                                             

Oops, sorry, it’s my fever speaking out. After visiting the planation, we headed to the dungeon and provost where the pirates were held before their trial. Like I said, love the history of a region and want to learn as much as I can. But the dungeon was a bit moldy, not enough to bother healthy people, but someone like me; very bad!
                                                                                     

I felt horrible; fever, sneezing, you name it; I felt it. We had a ghost hunt scheduled in one of the oldest cemeteries and didn’t have time to go back to the hotel, so I grabbed some rest on a park bench.

At the cemetery, sick as I was, I felt the spirits there; took a few pictures and used our equipment. I have an extremely good shot of a spirit globe and will post this when I get home. Someone touched my friends and me on our arms and neck, plus, there were other signs. I’ll post about this when I’m feeling better.

                                                                               

friends went to a battlefield today, but I stayed home to rest, and hopefully, give the antibiotics a chance to work. So I watched T.V. There are really strange shows on television during the day.

I will touch base with all my zombie snacks as I travel. Oh, I forgot to tell you that I’ve been fired as navigator. I don’t know why?