We made up for our disaster with Savannah and spent a great day wandering round Charleston with the highlight being a boat trip to Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War happened. We have learned so much about the Civil War - it took a kindly Ranger at the Fort to explain things clearly to me. He told us lots of neat facts including Fort Sumter's battle flag was made in England!
We are still not city folks and Charleston was fine but 18 churches in one small area is just a bit over the top, the houses were really no better than New Orleans and not a patch on Oak Alley Plantation. We much preferred the smaller St Augustine.
We do like the ocean so always gravitate to the water, we enjoyed what we saw but now don't feel so bad about missing Savannah.We are still not city folks and Charleston was fine but 18 churches in one small area is just a bit over the top, the houses were really no better than New Orleans and not a patch on Oak Alley Plantation. We much preferred the smaller St Augustine.
The traffic in Charleston was dreadful, we were camped 10 miles away on a beautiful Plantation house campsite and we were queued the whole way back!
Tomorrow we go north for the Easter period to the Smoky Mountains - Ooh mountains!
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| Aitken - Rhett house c.1820 |
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| Sawgrass baskets - very intensive work and expensive |
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| Old Slave Mart |
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| the site of Craven Bastion |
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| Fort Sumter |
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| Fort Sumter's battle flag - made in England |
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| can you see the bearded man's face at the side of the star - on the battle flag |
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| Fort Sumter |
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| Fort Sumter |
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| waiting to return to Charleston from Fort Sumter |
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| USS Yorktown and a yacht race |
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