Doin’ the Charleston


Charleston was even more incredible than Savannah!


Our day started with breakfast at the Hampton Inn. Then it was off to church. The small church we went to had a nice pipe organ. It was sort of funny because the priest looked and sounded like a Disney character. He wasn’t short but he looked like one of the 7 dwarfs – and he had this bandage thing on his nose.


After church we headed to Charleston. We got to the visitor center at 9:30, just in time to hop on a 90-minute tour bus. We did Charleston in the same manner we did Savannah. After the tour, which was enjoyable, we walked south on Meeting Street in search of lunch. We ate at a chain barbeque place called Sticky Fingers. I had a lunch plate of ribs with their #1 selling sweet Carolina barbeque sauce. Of course it came with baked beans and slaw. Penny got a smoked chicken with barbeque sauce, rice and green beans. The portions were just right and gave us the energy to do our walking tour.

We walked through the open market – sort of like the French Market in New Orleans but smaller. Then we headed to the Battery waterfront area. The closer to the water you get the grander the architecture until those buildings right on the water are incredibly beautiful. We passed “Rainbow Row”, a section with 11 houses each painted a different color. There are also huge churches everywhere. Every neighborhood we walked through was well preserved and maintained. We had a beautiful weather-day once again.


After Charleston we drove about 4 hours to Wilmington NC. This leaves us a 5-6 hour drive tomorrow to get to Williamsburg. So tomorrow is an easy day.