Thanks to our great guide, Ty, we had a lot of fun and learned what a hand dug coal mine was like.  We looked around the visitor center and historic houses and then hit the road about 11:30.  We are planning to stop for a late lunch and then we should be home.

Sorry for no post yesterday, but I drove and then couldn't get a good connection to the internet last night.  We visited Ft Sumter in the morning and then drove to Beckley, WV.  Out to eat (late) and then to bed.  This morning we are going to a coal mine exhibit, then travling the last leg home.  See you in Wooster!

We arrived at about 2:30 and after orientation were turned loose.  Everyone went different directions as we explored the aircraft carrier where we are sleeping, a submarine, a destroyer, and a coast guard cutter.  We ate dinnner in the mess and have a fire drill at 9:30 tonight.  Check out some of the pictures.

We managed to get everyone up and the trailer packed up and hit the road at 7:05.  We just entered Georgia on our way to Charleston, SC.  Most everyone slept for the first couple of hours (except the drivers of course).  I'll write more after we get settled on the USS Yorktown this evening.

Our tour of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was over 3 hours long and really cool.  We saw all of the launch sites of the early space rockets and toured a blockhouse with a 1960's control room complete with an enormous computer that ran on paper tapes for storage.  Saw lots of different rockets and the space shuttle launch pads (from a distance).  We even saw some solid fuel rockets from the last space shuttle mission.  We at on the base.   We then spent the rest of the day in camp and on the beach.  Now we are getting organized so we can be on the road toward Charleston, SC by 7:00 in the morning.