[SantaLuz]

We've had no unpleasantness with the North/South cultural differences. I like the, sadly diminishing, Southerness of the area. There's a sweetness here.

My father moved us from the north to South Carolina when I was a boy. We lived on an island near Charleston. I fished and swam in the tidal rivers every day in the summer. Great place for a boy to grow up. So I'm used to being a Yankee in the south. I'm kind of a southern boy at heart. We just got back from a trip to Virginia and my family got to see and hear some of the Southern hospitality. That is another world from California. We'll visit for sure if we decide to go-for-it.

[fullchroma]

We'll visit for sure if we decide to go-for-it.

Go for it!

Your Charleston island childhood sounds fabulously idyllic. Sigh... . I haven't been to South Carolina but a road trip to the Charleston area is near the top of our to-do list. Maybe this fall.