God Bless America (Once Upon A Time in the South East, Part VII)

The morning after Aaron's wedding, we bid farewell to the friends we had made as they headed back to their respective lives. We spent our last full day in the U.S. at Patriot's Point Naval Museum in Charleston, which included touring the USS Yorktown, the 10th aircraft carrier to serve in the United States Navy, and the USS Clamagore, the only preserved GUPPY III submarine in the United States.

It was a freezing cold day, even by my standards, and windy and rainy on top of that. Still, we ventured back into Charleston proper in search of food and one last adventure. We considered a tour of Fort Sumter, but let the weather change our minds. Instead, we wandered through the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Centre at Liberty Square and learned a little more about what it was like to be an American in the south.

The next morning, we headed back to Georgia to return the rental car and catch our flight.

Our layover in New York City turned into six hours instead of the scheduled three, but otherwise, we had no problems whatsoever. As an added bonus, I was able to capture these from the plane window as we touched down.
They represent my only experience with New York, and I think they cover it quite nicely.

...and really. Who could say they got pictures of New York without a shot of the Statue of Liberty, even if it is from 20,000 feet up. :D