Southwest

June - July 2015

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- Mar 31, 2018, 2:23pm
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- United States South Carolina Charleston Saint Michaels Episcopal Church 32.776475, -79.93105132°46’35” N 79°55’52” W
Day 1,011
Charleston
March 31, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
March 31, 2018

Weather: 60s and sunny and breezy

States: South Carolina

City: Folly Beach

Miles: 46 miles to Charleston and back

Hours Driving: 1

Hotel: Last Stop Morocco

Restaurants: Snapper Jacks (snack)

Sites: Beach Combing and Tide Pool searching, Charleston City Market and Battery and Waterfront Park

Books: Folily Beach (Paul-award winning series author who grew up around here and mentions our house in her book (Last Stop Morocco)

Another beachy day. Prettier day though not as warm as we’d like. 60s with strong breezes. The kids are now afraid of the water because we keep finding all kinds of jellyfish on the beach. Lots of pretty shells on the beach too. We vegged around for a while today. I made blueberry muffins for breakfast with eggs and sausage. We also ate lunch in. Later, we headed into Charleston to site see a bit. We walked Battery Park all the way to waterfront park. We walked through City Market again. Though there were more vendors today, the crowds were also bigger. Annoying really. We walked back through the old streets of Charleston. The streets are lined with homes from the 1670s. The 1670s. Hard to believe we are walking down streets by houses that have been there that long. Very charming but very congested with homes. A little claustrophobic. I like Savannah better.

On the way back, we stopped in Folly for a snack at Snapper Jacks. Very beachy town dotted with drunk vacationers. Entertaining. Now Paul is napping, the kids are hanging upstairs and I am starting to pack up. We had dinner at taco boy last night as recommended by John our tour guide in Savannah. It was really good. Pork tacos, shrimp tacos, tuna tacos, and my golden margarita. We had a nice evening. Sunday we will go to church for Easter and somewhere to eat for breakfast.

Then, off to Raleigh.Read more
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- Apr 1, 2018, 7:23am
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- United States South Carolina Charleston Saint Michaels Episcopal Church 32.776475, -79.93105132°46’35” N 79°55’52” W
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Charleston
April 1, 2018 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
This evening, we are going to mosey on into Charleston to have a treat and hit the bookstore. We stopped at Barnes and Noble for Matthew to get some more books (that he could read while we were in the store.) We drove into Charleston around 8 PM. The streets were so dark. We couldn’ figure out what was going on and where the people were. There were people just walking to nothing it seemed. They say the city is haunted. Maybe they aren’t people at all come to think of it. We drove around a bit until we found an area very similar to Birmingham. We parked our car. Everything was closed. Stores. Restaurants. We kept walking until the stream of people got thicker and thicker and thought they must be going somewhere. They were. The City Market was open. It is an open air market with vendors and artists. We were looking for a snack. We walked through the market and we found a sweet lady who made plant based vegan cookies. She tempted me with a chocolate espresso. It was glutin free and dairy free. Let me tell you, delicious. The kids even thought so but....they’re MINE! I’m kidding (sort of). I can’t eat half the things they can so when I find something good, I hoard it like the squirrel in Over the Hedge. “I like the cookie.” They got a fresh squeeze Arnold Palmer and I got a fresh Indian coffee with notes of peanut butter. We ended at Bubba Gumps so the kids could get a snack (not our first choice but not terrible). It was a nice night. Sunday, we will be back in Charleston for Easter Mass and brunch.

Though it was a rainy lazy day, it was kind of nice to veg out. Lay like broccoli. Nobody complained. Makes you feel like you are here a lot longer. It is supposed to be gorgeous the rest of the weekend.Read more
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