Hilton Head Island, Charleston, and Charlotte, February 18-26, 2001
  
 
Microsoft working trip...
 
 
Day 1: Seattle to Charlotte to Savannah to Hilton Head
 
Out of Seattle...
 
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Charlotte.JPG (176067 bytes) Approaching Charlotte...
 
Mother_Charlotte_Airport.JPG (80569 bytes) Beloved Mother dropped-in at the Charlotte airport to spend the half hour layover with me!
 
Charlotte_Airport.JPG (29471 bytes) At the Charlotte airport, just prior to the short flight to Savannah... and the taxi over to Hilton Head...
 
 
Day 2 :  Working at the Hilton Waterfront Resort
 
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Day 3: The Microsoft off-site meeting continues
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Day 4:  The Hilton Head off-site concludes...  a jaunt through Savannah, and on to Charleston
 
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I entered Charleston early in the evening, lodging just off the Battery on Meeting St, at the center of the historic district.
 
 
Day 5: Charleston to Charlotte
 
The Streets of Charleston...
 
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Hundreds of beautiful old houses...
 
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Along the Battery, where the War for Southern Independence started in 1861...
 
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Columbia_Lauren_St.JPG (61085 bytes) A little pink boarding house, in Columbia, South Carolina...
 
Regrettably, I was not able to make it to the Navel Yard at North Charleston to see the Hunley...
 
Back in Charlotte...
 
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I was in Charlotte between February 22-26, visiting with family and friends, and relaxing. I tended to spare them from the camera this time...
 
 
Crazy_Buffet_table.JPG (61476 bytes) Crazy_Buffet_Table2.JPG (39744 bytes) I did sit an an exquisite table (imported from China) at the Crazy Japanese Buffet in Charlotte, where I enjoyed a nice lunch with Hiroko...
 
BabyRalip was quite the poser...
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The_Boys.JPG (17078 bytes) And the old boys did gather... at the China Bistro... Chip, Brad, Randy, Bob, Pete...
 
 
Flying back to Seattle...
 
Mandan_North_Dakota.JPG (41252 bytes) Mandan_North_Dakota3.JPG (58425 bytes) We crossed (at 37,000 feet) the Missouri River in the vicinity of Bismarck, North Dakota, just south of where the Missouri makes its big turn south from the west. This is the land where Lewis and Clark constructed Fort Mandan and spent the winter of 1804-1805 amongst the Mandan Indians. I reached this same locale by land on July 31, 2000 on my cross-country drive to Seattle from Charlotte.
 
The Rocky Mountains... Montana...
 
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Mt_Rainier.JPG (23999 bytes) Back to the beginning...