Charleston SC

A trip to Charleston has been on MY radar for a while now, but life has gotten in the way and it had to be postponed.  This year I really wanted to make it happen, and we did.  Jonn, Jenna, Jack and Sam joined us for the first part of the trip and we had a great time.  Lots of biking, paddleboats and campfire with smores.  The weather was perfect and James Island Campground is perfect for the kids.  Take a look at this Superkid...

 

 

 

 The Livingstons were with us for the weekend and then it was our time.  We enjoyed the marketplace in Charleston, several lovely seafood meals, the pineapple fountain downtown, a carriage tour of the city and on the harbor tour I got a great shot of the beautiful new bridge to Mt. Pleasant.We took a picture of Rainbow Row and accidentally found the Dock Street Theater,  But in the last picture taken on Folly Beach you can see that a storm is a coming.  This trip, even though it was cut short,  was exactly what I was looking forward to and as it turned out our last trip in the Lance.  We sold it when we got home and set our sights of something a little larger, with central air conditioning.

................And then Hurricane Matthew began to bear down on Charleston and we had to evacuate. We cut the trip short by a day but we really enjoyed our time there.  After a couple of hours to pack up and fill up with gas we pulled out of James Island at 10 pm and got home at 3:30 am.  A typically 3 1/2 hour trip had taken 5 1/2 hours but we were very grateful to be safely home.  So long James Island, we hope to see you again very soon!