Charleston - day 2

After a relaxed morning at the hotel we packed up, loaded the car, and then went to breakfast at Poogan 's Porch. Jeff's tomato omelette and my chicken and waffles were definitely highlights of Southern cooking!!! We walked around the french quarter taking in the old churches including a church of the huguenots (French Protestants). We toured the Dock theater, the oldest theater troop in the country, and still performing in a very old building that was once a hotel. Next we hit up the slave trade museum where slaves were separated from their families and traded. We moved southward to the fancier, richer, neighborhood of historic mansions called South of Broad. There we saw rainbow row - a row of brightly colored houses. Some say they were painted this way so the drunk sailors could find the right house. For whatever the reason, the houses are quite colorful and well maintained for being as old as they are. We toured the Nathaniel Russel House, a rich man who made much of his money in slave trading. Grabbing a coffee for the road, we got the car and headed to James Island county park to camp.Read more