Charleston, SC

We arrived late to our couch surfer's house. She (Rebekah) was very welcoming, and had dinner ready for us.

Charleston was beautiful. We spent one full day at the beach. Julie has never been much of a beach person, but the ocean was really fun! We spent most of the day combing the beach for shells. We found TONS of pretty shells. We had to dig for many of the big, pretty ones. We were filthy dirty and tired at the end of the day, and headed back to Rebekah's house. We got lost again. Rebekah invited people over to her house to meet and visit with us. We got back to her house ridiculously late, visited with everyone and then went to bed.

The more experiences we have with couch surfing, the more we realize the importance of finding people with whom we have something in common. It's not just about finding a free place to live. We really enjoyed visiting with Rebekah, and had many things in common with her. She really wants to visit Idaho. She has a couch waiting at our house when she decides to visit!

Posted is a picture of Rebekah. We decided to stay another night in Charleston. Julie slept in until about 9:30, and Bob was up and visiting with Rebekah at about 7:30am. Julie is NOT a morning person. We visited the downtown area, went to the open air market and strolled the the streets. Sounds leisurely right? not really. We got out of the car in downtown Charleston, and Bob said, "We have exactly 1 hour and 52 minutes. Let's move!" We needed to be in Dalzell, SC by that afternoon to visit Bob's aunt.

That's one of the really hard parts of this trip. We're getting to see a lot, but we have very little time in every city.