FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA TO FORT CHISWELL, VIRGINIA

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA TO KINGSVILLE, GEORGIA
Monday, December 6, 2010

We disembarked to a cool Fort Lauderdale, about 50 F, by 9:30 p.m. Another “Platinum” perk is waiting in a nice lounge with USA Today and CNN before being called to disembark. We got through customs smoothly and called our hotel shuttle. When it arrived within 20 minutes we were ecstatic until we found out that 6 people were demanding to get on the shuttle with all their luggage and us even though they never called the shuttle, a prerequisite. The driver crammed us all into the shuttle with all of the luggage piled in and off we went. If these people had called, the driver would have brought a bigger van and the trailer to carry the luggage. Grrrrr…..

We drove the rest of the day to Kingsville, Georgia and stayed there for the night at a Hampton Inn.

KINGSVILLE, GEORGIA TO SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Sunny and 40 F
Today we drove to the Spartanburg Marriott in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about 5 hours. After visiting the Westgate Mall and Corona Mexican Restaurant, we returned to the hotel so I could review my Medal of Honor presentation for tomorrow. Friend H.K. flew in from Erie.

SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA TO FORT CHISWELL, VIRGINIA
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Sunny and 30s F

Tim drove H.K. and me to the Dorman High School Administration Building where we spent the day introducing about 16 teachers and 1 administrator to the Medal of Honor curriculum. We had a great day.

After we dropped H at the hotel (she will fly back to Erie tomorrow), Tim and I drove off for Erie. We stopped about 7:30 p.m. in Fort Chiswell, Virginia for the night at the same Hampton Inn we stayed in going south.

We will drive to Erie tomorrow—we have had such a good trip!