day 18

brunswick, georgia, to fayetteville, north carolina, via south carolina, 372 miles.
FROM SCOTT
savannah, georgia, might be nice to spend more time in. interesting old southern architecture, a nice old-timey downtown, big shade trees, and a barnes and noble with a starbucks. they seem to have preserved a great deal of the city's old downtown and old neighborhoods; the malls and other goodies are on the fringes of the city. went through savannah on our way out to fort pulaski, a civil war fort near the atlantic ocean that was at times in union hands and at times in confederate hands. when captain quincy gilmore of the union army got the confederates at the fort to surrender, one of his first acts reportedly was to free the slaves there. that was overruled by lincoln. folks who now oversee the fort -- a national monument -- believe lincoln wanted to do all of the slave-freeing in his emancipation proclamation. that was the highlight of today's drive, which otherwise was spent on interstate 95 pushing north. not much to say about south carolina; not much to see from the freeway.
FROM OLIVIA
well. today was..... exciting? at least the fort was. got to see many of the things that i learndedededed about last year.. when i was a ...8th grader,....not muh else happened.. i read. then i talked to jeff.. . then i read some more.. ate... talked ... read.. typed this yeah ive had an exciting day.. cant wait to get to DC tomorrow.. should be fun YAY!
TOMORROW: fayetteville, north carolina, to washington, d.c., where we'll spend a few days seeing the sights. no word yet on whether we've been invited to stay at the white house.