Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The drive north (once again)

We left Kiawah very early.  I was going to get up at 6, but I woke up at 3 and was still awake at 4, so I decided to get started.  We were on the road by 5.  The darkness of Kiawah always reminds me of the unconscious.  Even with a moon just past full, it was very dark as we found our way through low country and bridges into the streets of Charleston.  It didn't get light until we were almost to Columbia SC.  The morning was cool and South Carolina was showing many signs of spring.  I was charmed by the white trees (magnolias?) that were in full bloom here and there and tried to capture a few photos of them while driving.
 Need a car wash again, but you can still see the trees in full bloom ...
 The little white trees are over on the left side of the road.
 Coming into North Carolina, the white blossomed trees became more rare, but there was still the cast of red bloom on many of the trees.

 It's starting to look more like winter, but there is another white tree!
 And daffodils in bloom ...

 Southwestern VA ...

 At a rest stop in VA ...
 ... I got this photo of a budding tree!
 More brown in WVA ...

 These rocks were covered with giant icicles when I passed by in January ...
 The last place I stopped for gas in WVA.  A man came by and said that it looked like a storm was heading our way.
 WVA mountain home ...
 Lots of rain and then a traffic jam coming into Western PA ...
But we made it!

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