Day 40 - Columbia, South Carolina

Day 40 (4 August). We left the fun and excitement of the Orlando theme parks behind and headed north for the eight hour drive to Columbia, South Carolina. After a bit of mucking around, we finally got onto Fort Jackson and stopped the evening with a Staff College mate, John Calahan, who is a Battalion Commander on the post. He cooked up a lovely dinner, we drank some nice red wine and chatted away. The kids really enjoyed walking and playing with his dog, Buster, and its not hard to guess what family addition we are getting when we return to Australia.