Trip to North Carolina - On the Road

We were up "bright and early" Friday morning, ready to go.  We had a time of prayer and then headed out to the car.  The guys waved to us until we were out of sight. 

At the hotel Friday night, I got some shots of the traffic on a slow shutter speed.  This photo was at 15 seconds.

This was taken on a 30 second shutter speed.  It is so neat to see where vehicles changed lanes and exited the freeway.  Since I didn't have a tripod, I had to get a little bit creative.  :)  I turned the trash can up-side-down and stabilized the camera body against the window.  I was pretty happy with the way these shots turned out.

A glorious sunrise on Saturday morning as viewed through our hotel window. 

No editing whatsoever. :)

Notice the little transgressors of the law on the bottom board of the fence.  :)

The Charleston capitol building.

We passed some lovely homes on the way...

Mama and I both thought that this was the cutest little place!

This is what the back seat looked like.   I somehow managed to squeeze in.  :)  It really wasn't that bad.  :)

We came over the top of a hill, and I gasped when I saw this beautiful scene.  The photo doesn't do it justice.

We stopped briefly at a scenic overlook.  This was another of those "gasper" moments!

Me and Miss Dawn

What a gorgeous location!

Simply country.

Just for laughs!  There were a lot of weird "villes" in NC, one of them being Hicksville.  :)

These cheery little beauties were popping up all along the mountain highways.  They flashed past so quickly that this was the best picture I managed to get.