Over the Ocean Blue!: Charleston #1

Our destination after all the anchoring was Charleston, SC.

A couple we met at Jekll Island recommended eating Shrimp and Grits at Hominy Grill. I started out with one of my favorite drinks, a Bloody Mary. To my surprise, instead of a celery stick, it came with a pickled okra! Very Southern and good!


This is my favorite dish - Shrimp and Grits! In the background of this photo is the appetizer they brought to each table, boiled peanuts. I enjoy them, Ed doesn't like them. It's an acquired taste, I believe.

After our delicious lunch, we walked to a wonderful bead store, Beads on Canon. I had a great time browsing and picked up a few beads to play with. This was a great bead store with 2 floors worth of beads! We missed it the first time we were in Charleston. I wasn't going to miss it again. As it turned out, it was just a block away from the restaurant! Ed had no way of getting out of it this time! Actually, he's a great companion on these excursions when we are sightseeing. The ladies in the shop couldn't believe how patient he was! They gave him a piece of chocolate for his effort!
I'll post what I make after they're done.

After our shopping expedition, we were met by our friends Bill and Lisa. I emailed Bill when we knew we were heading into Charleston and invited him and Lisa to come down and join us here like they did when we headed South. We weren't sure if they could make it, though, because of Lisa's work. To our delight, Lisa just happened to have taken this particular week off, and they were looking for something to do. They decided to come down to Charleston! The only difference from the previous trip was that this time they'd both leave to go home, whereas on the first trip, Bill stayed on the boat with us and Lisa drove home alone.

We did a bit of walking around Charleston.

This was a beautiful, old church. We didn't go inside, though.

I loved the alleyways and roadways with the brick pavements!

For dinner that night we went to a restaurant that we went to on that first trip, Amen Street. It was just as good as I remembered it!

This is the coolest bridge! Only saw it from afar on our first time to Charleston. We got to go on it on this trip!

The four of us went to the Boone Hall Plantation. What a beautiful place. Alot was learned from this tour. The docents had the talent to make their talk fun and educational.

This is the 4th rendition of the main house. The original one was not this formal. After the movie, Gone with the Wind, people expected Southern plantations to look just like Tara, so the newer house took on that look. The present owner so wants people to see how the people lived years ago that she lets tours be given of the first floor. When she is in town, she lives on the second floor. Her brother is the manager of the whole place.

This is the front path to the mansion. We were told that this is the most photographed!

The Stables


This beauty was my favorite! He stood by the fence and took in all the pets he could get!

There were several absolutely amazing horses on the grounds! These horses are well taken of for polo games!

These were the homes of the skilled slaves.

A very large Oak Tree over 200 years old with lots of Spanish Moss. I was happy to learn that the Moss was not a parasite to the tree. They lived in harmony.