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We take our time this morning, we want to avoid rush hour traffic in the Charleston area. Today we are going to Patriots point to see the USS Yorktown. OK, time to admit my mistake this trip, I had written down the directions to Patriots point before we left Ohio,,then forgot to bring them with me. To make matters worse, my atlas does not have a city map of Charleston, so we decide to "wing it". How hard can it be to find an Aircraft carrier??? Patriots point is in Mt. Pleasant, across the harbor from Charleston SC. I remember we are going to Mt. Pleasant,,and recall something about route 17. Nearing Charleston on route 52 I see a sign for Mt. Pleasant, OK we will go that way. The outer belt, I526, as we ride along we come to a bridge that takes us up,,up and up!!! Over a river, to my right I see a suspension I remember seeing in pictures of the Yorktown,,OK that way. We come to route 17, turn right,,and in minutes we are there.
We spend several hours touring the Yorktown, and we also go through the USS Clamagore, A baleo class diesel powered WW2 era sub. I really enjoyed this stop, and to see how small and cramped the Clamagore was,,I cannot imagine what life was like for the men who fought ww2 in these vessels. It's almost 2pm , and we decide to take the ferry out to Fort Sumter, just to find out the last ferry left at 1:30,,,guess I will have to come back in the future. I was already planning on doing that anyway, Patriots point is also home to a destroyer, the USS Laffey, and it is out for repairs so we do not get to see her this trip.
It is getting late in the day and we have 1 more stop, Curt wants to stop at the local Harley shop. After leaving the Harley dealership we run into afternoon rush hour,,,that's not good. We are stopped in traffic in I26 and Curt's Harley keeps overheating, glad I have a liquid cooled ride. We decide to take the next exit, no matter where it goes. We take the exit and end up back on route 52, OK change of plans,,north on 52 it is. 52 north to Paxville to route 521 north to Sumter SC. We pull into Sumter around 8pm,,find a room and head out for dinner. Tomorrow we will be on the Interstate to make up some time.
