Yesterday was our last day stateside. After packing up we went to the Cheesecake Factory to meet a friend for a drink. We had lunch & pudding a few hours apart, with the obligatory mall perusing to walk the food down. Then the airport & plane to Blighty. Washington to Charlotte: 4246 miles

Today, after late breakfast at IHOP (Ruth's choice) we set off on the drive to Fort Mill/ Baxter for our last evening in America. We spent it with our friends, meeting their poochies and their cute moggie, and supper out at an Italian restaurant close to their home. It's been an amazing experience and a wonderful time with my gorgeous baby bunny. Feeling more than a little sad it's almost done...

So today we got confused in the multi storey parking lot, wandered in/out 'old churches', avoided the Postal Museum (ask Ruth), shopped for windows in quaint shops, munched ice cream, visited Aiken-Rhett house (stairs

What is it with all of these long bridges and atmospheric highways?! Visited the College of Charleston, another mall, tried new foods, drive around the bay and watched one of our favo(u)rite chick flicks snuggled up in bed ..: whilst not panicking I might have an allergy attack at any moment. Cannot believe there are less than 3 days before we fly home.

We started the day with a visit to the Martin Luther King Heritage Centre - how anyone can fail to be moved or consider the irony of the current political situation is beyond me. Then we headed across to Charleston... We did a huge wiggle through the Georgian countryside with some interesting weather and lightning storms. It was another longer than anticipated drive but beautiful none the less. Bed beckons!