It was great to see the Stars and Bars standing in the breeze as we enter the fort. This is were the Civil War began. This is were the first shot was fired. It was amazing to stand and look out at Fort Sumter. There have been a lot of changes in the last 148 years for this fort and our country. As we stood there I wondered, are we as strong now as we were back then? Are we willing to stand against internal forces that seek to destroy our Constitution and the principles that our country was founded on? Do we trust our government too much? Do we understand how it works enough to question its actions? Most of us do not (I include myself in that us).
I guess this is not the direction I intended for this post. It was a great outing. We managed to pick up our National Parks Annual pass in preparation for this summer’s adventure and talked to multiple volunteers about traveling out west. We even managed to see a few dolphins before heading toward home. We topped the day off with dinner at The McClellanville Diner. The fresh shrimp were unbelievable.
