I think I have 100 pictures of docks.
Everywhere you drove they were all around you.
It never got old seeing them.
I felt like a kid, pointing it out while driving...
Look! more docks! (like, look a tractor!)
We went to Vicious Biscuit in Mount Pleasant for breakfast.
I think this was a top meal for us.
Just look at the choices of butters and jams!
Adult version of kids in a candy store!
No, this isn't even our meal!
Good eating right there.
Driving over the Arthur Ravenel Bridge to get into Charleston.
We took a carriage tour, which was the smartest thing we did.
It gave us a good knowledge and layout of the area.
It helped us decide what to walk back to and explore more of later on.
Our trusty driver!
Residents were complaining that the carriages were clogging the streets
and wanted to ban them.
They are a big money maker, and part of a tourist city, so they compromised
with a new plan.
To avoid overcrowding of certain areas, the City awards one of four routes to each carriage
operating in the historic district.
How do they pick the route?
Bingo style!
We stopped at this booth where a City member turned the wheel, pulled out balls with numbers
on them, and plugged it into a system that spits out the route you take.
Seemed interesting, but I guess it works!
Our driver said we got the best one with good views of the garbage system
and prison, ha!
He was joking, of course.
Lots of cobble stone streets.
We went down South of Broad Street, a neighborhood where
the wealthy built fine antebellum Federal period houses.
The unique thing about these houses are that the fronts are
built vertically, with the sides facing the streets.
It helped cool down the inside since the main windows and doors are facing
the ocean. The breeze would flow in and act as their air conditioning.
Nathaniel Russell House.
He was a wealthy merchant and slave trader.
He was one of Charleston's more prominent citizens, which meant
he needed a house the size of his big head:)
It is now a historical landmark and restored into a museum to showcase what an early
19th century home was like back then.
A bad view of the "front".
So weird seeing houses turned the opposite way.
The Battery seawall
St. Phillips Church
We got off our carriage ride and headed to the outdoor market!
It is one of the oldest in the United States dating back almost 100 years.
lots of different type of vendors inside.
Many of them being sweetgrass baskets, handmade on site.
I wanted one, I thought they were cute and would be a fun reminder of our trip in our home.
I turned one over to see the price, yowza!
I'll keep walking.
I should take up basket making!
Byrd's makes most of the cookies for Disneyland!
No wonder they looked familiar.
The number #1 hot spot for biscuits.
I loved walking by all of the picturesque alleyways!
Rainbow Row!
13 colorful historic houses, painted in pastels, present the longest row of
Georgian houses in the United States.
Some theories vary from simple aesthetics to coping with the summer heat to helping
drunks find their way home at night.
Whatever the reason they sure attract lots of people!
Lots of influencers in the wild at this stop!
Rawr:)
We walked along the Battery seawall.
It goes down the whole way to White Point Garden.
It was once used as an artillery for the Civil War.
They still have canons there!
Look, a dock! hehehe
The famous Pineapple fountain in Waterfront Park!
We had seen pretty much everything.
Time for some reality tv star stalking! I have no shame.
Casey absolutely loves when I put him on a wild goose chase for celebrity homes.
We found it!
What's up, Patricia!
I love the show Southern Charm.
( I actually gave it up, I needed to weed some garbage out of my life).
Not sure how this old lady made it on the show with a bunch of immature "adults"
still trying to figure their crap out.
She definitely doesn't need it financially.
She hosts some pretty elaborate parties at her mansion.
And wastes oodles of money on pointless things, like a full blown wedding... for her dog!
She has a butler named Michael, never drives herself anywhere,
and seems to lead a pathetically boring, lonely life with her child.
He is 50, but I will call him a child because he still needs his mommy.
Not a bad crib!
We made it to the Angel Oak tree before it closed!
It is the largest live oak tree east of the Mississippi
estimating to be 300-400 years old.
Dinner was lip smacking, finger licking de-licious!!
Mmm, seriously. Our commentary while downing this
sheet pan of meat was hysterical.
We headed back to our home-tel.
A better view of the Boardwalk Inn.
Loooove the light blue ceiling paint.
Out our window looking at the Sweetgrass Inn.
You could see a storm rolling in.
It was a big one.
Even taking the power out of the whole area for a few hours!
A minute later and all you could see was pitch black.
It actually was nice falling asleep with the windows open, breeze blowing in and sounds of
the rain. Kind of like how they did back in they day!
