Spies In The Civil War

I'm finally home, back to the nook that I was trapped in last Thursday. Sigh. My weekend road trip was outrageous and fun. I've never driven a convertible for a long trip before and let me tell you, it's dangerous to have me and a girlfriend in one, LOL. We had TOO MUCH FUN.

Our timing was also great. We arrived at Charleston on exactly the same day they were closing the old rickety cable bridge that struck fear in the hearts of even the locals and the grand opening of the new one. We were one of the first group of people to drive across the new one! And the view was so beautiful.

Charleston is a fascinating city. If you ever get to visit, do especially drive a car in the old section of town and experience the tiny, tiny two-lane streets that were built for horse carriages rather than cars. And definitely, take the Ghost Walk tour to hear stories of Civil War ghosts and spirits. Also, conversation tends to veer back to the Civil War as if it happened recently; I keep hearing references to it in daily topics in which you and I would never dream could have any link to the C.W. ;-) But I collected lots of information about spies in that era.

I also highly recommend driving over to Mount Pleasant across the bridge to Patriots Point, where you get to tour three Navy ships and a submarine! After going inside the submarine, my admiration for the brave men who stay underwater for months in these things has grown a hundred fold. The cramped space, esp. the living quarters and toilet area, would get on my nerves in just one day, let alone six months underwater duty! I guess you just don't think about it...but how can you not when the tiny space reminds you of where you are all the time??! Mind-boggling. I would like to set a spy drama scene or a few chapters in a submarine. It would be cool.

I also got to tour the Navy and Air Force bases (the parts that were opened to the public), so that will definitely become fodder for future books. Spies in Charleston is going to be fun to write about!

I would love to visit this beautiful old historic city again. Three days just wasn't enough to see and experience everything. Hopefully, my little talk about "the inner cave of fear" was interesting enough to get me re-invited ;-). I'll talk more about the workshop in another blog. I'm sure none of you would be interested in my yakking about my own craft, anyway.

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