South Carolina Trip
Late April - Early May 2019 |
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We decided to take a trip in honor of passing
our 25th anniversary this month. We couldn't travel on the correct
date because of Buddy's heart worm treatment, but the delay just gave us a
chance to get even more beautiful weather for our trip.
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We have arrived! Walking along the waterfront, getting the lay of
the land.
We walked all over the city that afternoon, it was lovely.
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Eric was clever and snapped a photo of our section in the parking lot as
we
left. Only when we returned did we find out that the camera flash
blanked
out the sign. Thankfully Eric was able to read the reflection in the car
roof! |
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| Our first full day included a 4 hour fossil-hunting tour on a nearby island.
Eric is ready. |
Ready for fossils! |
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Just so you don't get the idea that the fossil finding was easy, this shows
a typical
view of where we were searching for shark teeth and other goodies. |
Lovely view along the way. |
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| Casazzas on vacay |
The black thing in the center of this photo is a small shark's tooth. |
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The other members of our group - a 3 generation team of men from Virginia
and our guide.
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| My first complete sand dollars were found on this trip.
Beautiful! |
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| The little boy really latched on to Eric, as well as the best shark's tooth
Eric found! |
Our combined find at the end of the trip. Sharks teeth, vertebrae,
shells, and sand dollars. |
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| We stayed in Folly Beach, here was a view on a walk that evening. |
View from the living room of our condo rental. |
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| View from the bedroom balcony. |
Visiting the Angel Oak, they believe it is 400 years old. It is
amazingly huge. |
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| It had a mysterious air about it, we really liked seeing it. |
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| Later that evening we attended an event at Middleton Place
plantation. |
The grounds of the plantation are so beautiful, and so large. We
walked and walked in the gardens. |
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Enjoying the plantation evening |
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Our last night we stayed in Charleston, here we say goodbye to the
beach
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This "hang loose" crosswalk shows the spirit of Folly
Beach. |
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I had read some books about the Hunley submarine, we weren't able to see the
real thing,
but we enjoyed looking at this replica built before the actual wreck was
located. |
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We spent a day at Patriot's Point, a very worthwhile time. It
contains an aircraft carrier, destroyer, submarine, and a ferry to the ruins
of Fort Sumter.
Eric took this beautiful picture of the destroyer, aircraft carrier, and the
landmark bridge to Charleston.
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| Looking up at the aircraft carrier from the ferrry boat. |
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First view of Fort Sumter |
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They weren't even quite finished building this fort before the Civil
War started here and
they proceeded to start destroying it. There really isn't anything
left but rubble, so they've
rebuilt some parts and in added another part in the center.
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Love the USA |
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| On the deck of the aircraft carrier. It is now a first-class
museum. |
The destroyer |
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The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper
River
in South Carolina. It connects downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant. |
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