Friends had invited us to visit in Jupiter, so we decided to drive. We made the journey south a 5 day jaunt with stops in Colonial Williamsburg, Charleston,S.C., Saint Augustine and Miami.
As we headed south the first storm headed East.
Colonial Williamsburg, fascinating place.. Charleston, SC. A wonderful town filled with old world charm.
Charleston..A little personal history. Ever since arriving on these shores, 30 years ago this month, Charleston has always been a place that I needed to visit. I am 4th generation Barbadian. My ancestors left England/Ireland in the 17th Century for Barbados. Some of those families, Drayton, Gibbes, Knowles Manning, Bonnett, later left Barbados for Charles Towne, as it was called then.
(Steve Bonnett would later become a famous pirate and the Pearl would not be just a ship in a movie but was an actual British Frigate used to capture Blackbeard!) These family names are still in existence today both in Charleston and Barbados.
South Beach, Miami... We arrived on superbowl thursday and it was alot of fun to people watch.
Why the car? We are 3rd time repeat VW passatt owners. I thought it might be fun to show the car in various locales for vw and to write about the how great a car it is drive to long distances.
On our return, we had a a 48hr window. We drove back back with one overnight. We arrived back on monday, the storm hit wednesday night. A wonderful trip.. We drove 3100 miles and used 102 gallons of gas.
Enjoy the movie
Robert
road trip from Knowles Video, Robert Knowles on Vimeo.
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