CHARLESTON, SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, and ISLE OF PALMS, SC (OCT 28, 2009)

Man was it ever muggy this morning…
Have you had one of those days when it takes forever to cool down after taking a shower?
Honestly, I was seriously thinking about taking another shower, but a cold one, when I realized I could turn the AC on… My morning was saved…
After a languid period of cooling down, and some serious pondering, we finally got ourselves motivated to go and explore Charleston and the surrounding areas…
We were here a couple of years ago, when we went on a cruise to the Caribbean… Had a rental car then, and managed to see and do quite a lot, so (long story short) we had a few places where we wanted to revisit…
Headed back North on Hwy 17 (about 10, or so, miles from our RV Park), and
drove straight down, on Murray Blvd., to “The Battery“ (which covers the Southern area of Old Charleston)…
Ahhh, the homes here are something to behold…
Can’t possibly describe them, so take some time and look at my pictures…
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After some Oh-ing and Ah-ing, we put the truck in a parking garage, and proceeded to walk… Must’ve been a hundred blocks…
Well, maybe not…
Would you buy fifty?
No…
How ‘bout a dozen?
Thank you!
Charleston is very fascinating in more ways than one…
Did you know that the first shots of the Civil War took place here?
And what about the slave trade? This is one of the “hot spots” for that dark segment of our history…
There are several very famous plantations around the area, but since we visited some of those the last time, we didn’t bother this time (with the exception of yesterday, when we didn’t know what we were doing, and got lost in the rain, and drove by four of them… Could barely see the front gates, let alone the buildings, so, I guess it doesn‘t count).
Anyway, we did our thing in down town, then headed over Cooper River (on the fancy Ravenel Bridge), and stopped short of Fort Moultrie, at a place (Vickery’s, I believe it‘s called) where we had a fantastic lunch two years ago…
Had another marvelous lunch (Healthy today: Soup and Salad, with water to drink!).
After stuffing ourselves, we crossed some very flat land over to Sullivan’s Island, and from there over to the Isle of Palms, where we had an hour, or so, walking the beach… Very comfortable temperature, a slight breeze, no rain… What more could you ask for?
After all that, we went home for an hour’s siesta, then, around 4:00, we headed back to Old Town to have dinner at Bubba Gump’s…
We ordered two buckets:
Oysters, clams, and bread in one, and 1½ pounds of Cajun shrimp in the other… Top that off with soup, and you’re guaranteed not to leave hungry!
We had to walk some of that fat off, of course, so we strolled around “The Market” for a while, before heading home to get ready for tomorrow’s very short trip down to the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia.
That’s the end of another day, so take care, and always remember to check up on us Vagabonds…