To celebrate the first day of spring, Rachel flew south to join me for five days.
I saw the North Carolina state capitol and visited the North Carolina Museum of History across the street from each other in Raleigh. Then I picked up Rachel at the Raleigh-Durham airport. After having lunch, we walked up and down the Boardwalk for an hour or so at Myrtle Beach. Then after dinner, we arrived at our home for the next two days, Charleston.
The Boardwalk at Myrtle Beach 
Myrtle Beach 
The final item in the WWI exhibit 
A model of WWI trench warfare 
The statue has NC’s 3 presidents, Andrew Jackson, James Polk and Andrew Johnson
A painting by Ernie Barnes, an offensive lineman in the old AFL
Since we drove through North and Carolina today, the obvious song of the day is “Carolina on my Mind”, by James Taylor.
Mark's cross-country trip 