Boone Hall Plantation - South Carolina

May 7th Saturday - Cloudy and Cool

Lou and I were up and around early and packed up and on our way on the northern route with plans to stop at Boone Hall Plantation. We had been told we would recognize it and we certainly did.

Where we arrived at the gate with the RV, we were a bit cautious as to rather we would be able to approach the plantation with the RV pulling the car; however, we were told it would not be a problem and once we arrive at the plantation there was a twenty acre field we could turn around in and we could even park there, as it was we did park there and had our lunch there before getting back on the road. It was cool and we were able to leave Estee in the RV while we did the tour, in fact it rained and she was very comfortable while we were away. Great way to travel ,knowing if we got wet, we had dry clothes, shower and everything we needed.........

If you haven't guessed, this is the plantation where North and South was filmed and also The Notebook. Lou and I had just watched North and South again before we started south, so it was a very pleasant surprise and so meaningful. This is a working plantation, in fact, they even have "pick your own strawberries". They have a Farmer's Market that the community counts on for their fresh produce. You can see from the pictures, their flowers gardens are beautiful.

We could not take pictures insides, as a family actually lives inside the home, and we could only go into several rooms downstairs, but that was enough to see what it was really like and certainly recognized the antiques used in the movies.

The slave cabins are the original cabins and they are made from bricks that were made right there on the property. The round brick structure in the original smoke house. The building that is under construction, houses the cotton gin. We couldn't go inside of that and I was disappointed in that, as I would love to see a gin.

We are off to Elizabeth City tomorrow for several days to visit with Lou's elderly aunt and then we are going home. We will be home next weekend God willing. Going to be hard to give up my shorts and sandals. Lou and I took a long walk on the beach today, but had to put our jackets on.