The trip down from Stephens City, Va. was pretty uneventful in that traffic was light and the weather nice. We left home at 6am in the morning so we could hit Mac’ Speed Shop in Charlotte, NC which was recommended from a fellow BBQ lover. It was good, portions were large, tea was sweet, but Wilbur’s Barbecue in Goldsboro NC still does it better.
Our first full day in Charleston began with us doing a 2.5 hour walking tour around the Historic District with a guide. It is always better when the person giving the tour grew up in the area and to top it off, his family roots in Charleston dated back to 1790. That just made me jealous because I always wanted to research my own tree. Maybe this amongst other things will finally light that fire under my butt. If you are ever in Charleston, lookup Footprint Tours by MICHAEL TROUCHE on Tripadvisor and you will not regret it. After the tour we got a quick lunch at Poogan's Porch and went right back to walking. We ended up walking down Market street and Lori and I got to see some of the local tourist trap shopping, but overall I even enjoyed it. Did we buy anything? I think not, but my feet were tired and it started raining, so we left to find Fort Moultrie. While in route, we ran into a Submarine exhibit or monument that was dedicated to all Submarine Navy personal that made the ultimate sacrifice of life and time to serve our country. Eventually we found Fort Moultrie, but it was to late to tour it. So we called it a day.
Day two we got started fairly early to a large breakfast at Crakerbarrel which was intentional to hold us most of the day. I knew after breakfast where I wanted to go, so I headed east to Tangier Outlets so Lori could do some shopping. I was going to lock the doors and windows, then circle the mall and just tease her so she couldn’t shop, but my heart just couldn’t do it. She spent the better part of 2 hours walking around shopping, buying this that until finally it was time for H.L. Hunley tour.
Not very often in life do you get to see something in History or in the past come to life in front of you, but here it is. They located the Sub in 1995, recovery in 2002 I think, then buried the 8 men 2 years later on the 140 anniversary of their death. They are still in the process of research and restoring the sub to save it for histories sake. In case you do not know, this was the first submarine in the world to actually sink an enemy vessel while submerged. This was a hand cranked vessel and amazing considering that this feat was not repeated again until World War I. Unfortunately they do not allow pictures of the actual vessel yet, but it is and was worth the visit. If you do not enjoy History, then this is not for you.
After the Hunley tour, we tracked back over to Fort Moultrie and completed that tour. Not to much to see there, but it was easy to understand why that spot in the sand was so critical to the defenses of Charleston SC. Tomorrow we will visit at least one Plantation called, Middleton Place. Below you will find 60 plus picture of Charleston and stuff. Enjoy.
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