3/28-4/4-Oak Plantation Campground, Charleston, SC

Poor Nathan gets to break down, move, and then set up camp yet again!  Now in a different state than when he started.  He has decided he likes sleeping in the recliner rather than the floor.  I'm not sure why Dottie hasn't joined him yet!

First day is a trolley tour of historic Charleston.  This is the former rice capitol of the south, whereas Savannah was the cotton capitol.  Introduced to a style of architecture known as the Charleston "Single", where the homes are sideways to the street, and the door out front leads to the lower porch.  They are only a single room width, hence the "Single", but usually two stories high with a porch on the first floor and a balcony on the second.  They can be several rooms long.

Charleston "Single"

earthquake bolts

Part of our tour included a ferry to Fort Sumter.  The original fort was mostly destroyed during the Civil War, and a gun battery was added to the middle of the parade grounds during the Spanish American War.

from the Fort gun battery

 

After the city tour, we decided to eat BBQ.  Instead of taking the easy route, we walked a couple of miles to what we though would be a great, authentic place.  We toured the not-to-scenic upper penninsula of the city to a place that closed at 4pm. (it was now 6pm).

Turned around and walked back t miles plus to downtown and ate at Sticky Fingers!  Ribs were excellent and worth the trip.

on the Yorktown

Steve and Nathan spent the next day at Patriots Point looking at the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier,  the destoyer USS Laffey, and the submarine USS Clamagore.




Took Nathan to the airport on the 30th, and sent him back to the cold of Denver.

Steve and Cathy toured Drayton Hall, which is an unrestored plantation house.  We toured the grounds and then participated in a house tour!

Drayton Hall