I made so many notes of things to see in and around Charleston
– much more than we had time for even though we had 5 nights there. For instance, we missed the
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site:
663 acres: 500 Old Towne Rd: $7.50:
17th cent costumed guides tend crops (indigo, rice, cotton)
fire cannons & muskets. Informal
English gardens, Animal Forest . . .
and
the
Cypress gardens:
52 Monks Corner: 24 miles north
of Charleston: 163 acres: flat-bottom boats, footpaths, alligators,
woodpeckers, otters, owls etc., reptile center, aquarium, aviary, butterfly
house: $10, Great in March
Never
mind, we trucked,
saw as much as we could take, and had a grand ol' time!
at the Charleston
Museum
Rainbow Row: these Georgian houses are
“a favorite subject of artists”
the
Calhoun Mansion
where they
filmed that Patrick Swayze movie, “North and South"
irresistible fountains
including the "pineapple"
All this
touring about required exceptional fuel:
raw
oysters at the Amen Restaurant
Beef cheek tartare at the Two Boroughs Restaurant
And then, there was . . .
HUSK: the restaurant that gave Nicole and me our best evening
meal:
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Nicole had the most amazing pork ever!
I had catfish on smoky grits -- it was the first time I truly enjoyed
grits.
Bryan’s chicken was nice, too; just not
sensational.
That’s not everything we saw or did or ate,
but I hope you’ve got the general idea . . .
Charleston’s a cool place for a family holiday!
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