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Trip to Charleston

This was a day-off from working out and today Mom and I flew from Houston’s George Bush airport (IAH) to Charleston Municipal Airport (CHS). We had a straight-through flight (#2572) with Continental airlines. Everything went fine. One minor glitch was that the flight arrived in Houston about 30 minutes late so we didn’t leave Houston on time. But in light of all of the extreme weather over much of the N.E. right now I considered us lucky to have a flight at all.

The sky was clear and beautiful when we left Houston. As we got further and further East it started getting more and more cloudy until by the time we got to SC it was a solid blanket of clouds. There was a bit of turbulence on our descent, but nothing bad. I think Mom had a good time.

When we arrived at CHS we got our bags very quickly and picked up our rental car. It was a very nice silver Chevy Impala. This car was comfortable and roomy and handled well. It was cold and raining and we saw much flooding on the side streets as we drove from Charleston to Mount Pleasant. We arrived at our hotel, a brand-new Holiday Inn Express, without incident.

This Holiday Inn Express in Mount Pleasant is GREAT! Everything was new. The beds were great.

After we got settled we met with Jennifer and her friend Kelly and had dinner at RB’s seafood restaurant on Shem Creek.