Oh My Sweet Carolina

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The English team toured the Charleston Air Force Base this morning. I cannot show you those photos, pending security clearance by the military. However, we did lots more today.

In the afternoon, we took a boat ride, hosted by three East Cooper Breakfast Club Rotarians – President Nick Williams, Secretary Warren Pruitt and Board Member Paul Curry. They captained us around Charleston Harbor, Shem Creek, under the Cooper River Bridge and up the Wando River, showing us all sorts of things. The team saw dolphin, pelican, egret, sea gull, schools of fish, shrimp boats, large cargo vessels, and more in our two hour tour.

After our boat ride, we attended a cocktail party at the home of Charleston Lunch Club Rotarian Bill Prewitt and his wife Karen. The team mingled with Charleston Lunch Rotarians and exchanged banners with President Brian Johnson. We were treated to a surprise visit from District Governor Rick Moore as well.

We then quickly showered and headed to Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park for a party with the East Cooper Breakfast Rotary Club, complete with the only real barbeque – vinegar based pork – and all the trimmings donated by ECB members. As the sun set, we enjoyed banjo music by ECB Rotarian Jim Rowe and mingling on the patio. The team exchanged banners with ECB Rotary President Nick Williams, and they all tried something called a jello shot (google it.) The party was a resounding success, and this typist is (to use an English word) knackered.

This was a long day for the English team, but they’re holding up beautifully, and – I hope – enjoying themselves very much.

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