New York to Florida
After we left D.C we headed to Virginia Beach and stayed the night (we wandered to the beach but it stormed most of the day so we didn’t stay too long).
From there we ventured to Charlotte, North Carolina for the weekend. Our hotel was just down the road from the infamous Billy Graham Library which was a much longer experience than we both expected but thoroughly enjoyed. It was a self guided tour with videos and prompts throughout the museum which was nice to stay for all of a film or only parts of it. The museum is free and has a cute ‘barn’ style cafe inside of it (delicious milkshakes) if you do ever decide to go while you are visiting Charlotte. From there we headed up towards Lake Norman and had a wonderful BBQ lunch from a on the ‘go’ truck in a park right on the lake, it was a very relaxing Saturday.
As you can see the outside of the ‘library’ or ‘museum’ was a barn and the themed continued throughout the tour. The cow below was a talking replica of Billy’s cow when he was a child named Bessie-she spoke about his childhood and how he first came to know the Lord.
As you can see these were some of his personal items and a brief picture of the eleven different presidents Billy Graham has counseled and many became very close friends with.
Another highlight from Charlotte was attending Elevation Church. In which you should most definitely check out their website, but also one of their 7 locations! We went to their Blakeney location which we also had the privilege of listening to their senior pastor live as he travels from campus to campus each week. As a first time visitor-we were treated like Kings and Queens, escorted to our seats, given free t-shirts after the service was over, received a phone call the following day and the day after that an email was sent for follow up and letting us know what else goes on in their congregation. It was amazing and the hospitality really made us want to come back; not only were the worship and sermon along with what we believe and want to be a part of. GO to Elevation if you ever get the chance! 
After church we made our way to Savannah, Georgia (we have both been here before and love the historic parts of the city) and relaxed mostly at our hotel which overlooked a gorgeous golf course. We did not spend much time in Georgia as we both were anticipating arriving to our new little home in Jacksonville, Fl. It is located along the water in a gated community, which is much quieter than living in NYC and quite close to a marsh… so we will see how many snakes and alligators we see as we live here over the next couple of months.
Pictures to come of our home!
