After 4-5 hours of driving from Marietta/Atlanta, GA, we arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, mainly to see the beaches and visit Zack's high school buddy. Folly Beach welcomes drunken parties and pets. I wish Casper had a funner time with the water because I do want to see her swimming ability.The water is incredibly warm, something around 80 degree F. Being at beaches like this in such warm water reminds me of the summer spent in Barbados.
Beach houses line the shore.
The glamorous downtown Charleston - department stores, restaurants, with the University of South Carolina nestled in there somewhere.
The lovely people we stayed with and hung out with. Pete, Zack's crazy and entertaining high school friend who will never stop posing was our stop for Charleston. It's amazing that this whole trip, we were able to get in touch with various people and have lodging in all but two nights on the road. Feels our network is definitely expanding as we grow older.
The restaurant offers one of the best cheese biscuits I have ever had, and I don't even like biscuits! Their pepper cheese is also one of the southern favorites.
Night has fallen on Charleston as we meandered through the streets and stumbled onto Marion Square in downtown, the place for the current arts festival.
This building is right in the middle of USC campus. It is actually a very famous building - the set for the movie Patriot with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger (RIP). Very recognizable and very ancient. It now houses the student government and art props (?).
Charleston played a significant role in the Civil War, namely the start of the war. At the nearby Fort Sumter, the first shot of gunfire rang out and thus began the war.
Somehow, North Carolina never occurred to me as being part of the South, but South Carolina definitely is. Typical architecture, vegetations, atmosphere, and people.
All the residential houses around campus is gorgeous, exactly the kind of southern beauty that I admired - long sleek wooden stairs, eerie glare that highlights the size of the structures, and large windows on all 4 sides, allowing plenty of light in. This is the kind of house talked about in "Gone With the Wind".
We have a long drive ahead of us tomorrow. We are set on going from Charleston to Staten Island, which is a 14 hour drive, passing through Virginia, DC, and almost every original 13 state on the east coast. Crazy. What's crazier is that we went to to bed at 3:30 that morning after a college night out on the town. We woke up at 6:30, hit the road and got F--- out of town.
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