SATURDAY 10.25.08
After surviving the flash flood, it was great to be with my younger brother who is currently stationed in Charleston.
Charleston is a wonderful city with lots of pre-revolutionary architecture to go along with the rich history.
Downtown is still lit by gas lamp.
Swings were everywhere. Even down on the pier – they had public swings. Cool!
Tourist-laden carriage rides were everywhere. It costs about $20 a person, but I’d recommend you do one of the walking tours. The downtown area is better seen on foot than from behind a horse.
My younger brother, Stefon, at the Middleton Place Plantation which is a National Historic Landmark and a carefully preserved 18th-century plantation that has survived revolution, Civil War, and earthquake.
This grass is used for making local baskets.
It was the home of four important generations of Middletons, beginning with Henry Middleton, President of the First Continental Congress; Arthur, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Henry, Governor of South Carolina and an American Minister to Russia; and Williams, a signer of the Ordinance of Secession.
The Middleton Tree was once the largest tree on the East Coast until a limb fell off last spring.
Following the Plantation, we stopped off to see a replica of the Hunley submarine which is a civil war submarine.
We finished the day with fried oysters and Shrimp n’ Grits at a local dive called Boulevard Diner. Incredible!
The fried oysters were moist with a wonderful breading.
The shrimp and grits were beyond my wildest dream. Check out the fried pickles on the side!
I love all these pictures. Charleston looks so dreamy and quaint. Those trees with things hanging from them look like something from "The Hobbit."Those shrimp n grits look really yummy!