Fighting off the British

Well, it was another frosty night.  Even though it was a few degrees warmer than last night, it sure didn’t feel like it!  Angela didn’t sleep so well, and so with near Herculean effort we arose and managed to put on smiles as we broke camp and headed out for the day.
Much of the day was focused on the destination – Charleston, SC, where we hoped to see a few sights.
We arrived first at Fort Moultrie, famous for successfully defending itself against attack from British ships on 28 June, 1776.  The double-layered palmetto log walls with sand fill successfully absorbed the impact from the cannons of 99 British ships, causing almost no damage and few injuries to the Americans.  The fort returned fire on the ships anchored just 400 yards off shore, causing significant damage to 32 ships before the British decided to withdraw.  It is because of this incident that the palmetto palm tree is on South Carolina’s state flag.
We then saw the last major lighthouse to be built in the US.  Constructed in 1962, this lighthouse used to crank out 27 million candle power.  It has since been throttled back to less than 2 million candle power, and is still visible up to 27 miles away.  It is also triangular in shape!
Our final stop was at the home of new friends Chris and Cami.  Chris is a photographer and curator of the YouTube channel Moto Photo Adventures (https://youtube.com/c/MotoPhotoAdventures).  We picked his brain with lots of technical questions, and he even let me take his drone for a spin.  He will also present at an upcoming Horizons Unlimited meet-up, so we look forward to seeing him again.