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Since this isn’t a South Carolina photoblog–and since I can’t possibly even do Charleston, South Carolina justice anyway–I’ll smash this all into one post. Here’s a sampling of our “tourist” time this past week, in addition to the beach and Patriots Point/Fort Sumter. My goal was to give the kids a well-rounded taste of the depth and breadth of history here. It would be impossible to see everything there is to see in a place like this in the space of less than a week, but we tried a little of everything. There are several old plantations open for touring homes and grounds. We toured Magnolia Plantation on the Ashley River, and one morning after I’d worn them out and all they wanted to do was sleep, I popped out and toured Drayton Hall by myself. Downtown in the historic district, there are any number of tours available. We took a couple of walking tours (a “Pirate & Dungeon” tour and a “Ghost Walk” tour) and also a carriage-drawn tour. We took one of the smaller carriages, so it was just the five of us, the driver, and a 1900-pound Percheron named Kevin.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (and swamp).
Drayton Hall. (A much more subdued experience than Magnolia Plantation–there’s less going on at Drayton Hall, but the house is Colonial period and, to me, more interesting–though unfurnished. No marsh boat, no horticultural maze, and so on, like Magnolia, so P.S. I think the teenagers wouldn’t have liked Drayton Hall as much. Drayton Hall is a more “adult” experience while Magnolia is more appealing to kids, in my opinion. Drayton Hall is managed by the National Trust.)
Downtown historic district tours:
We also toured the Nathaniel Russell House. This house is so gorgeous inside, even has one of those “flying” staircases. As with most of these historic homes, you can’t take photos inside. (Drayton Hall is an exception.)
The Powder Magazine (colonial) museum (a lot of fun for a quick stop between tour times).
Ross can’t stand Morgan’s one-eye hair issue, so he took advantage of her being locked up.
Then he told her there were ants on the pillory. Teenagers are so much fun!
If you’re planning a trip to Charleston and want to check out some of these same tours and places of interest, you can find the info at these links:
Magnolia Plantation
Drayton Hall
Nathaniel Russell House
Old Charleston Tours
Classic Carriage
The Powder Magazine
Patriots Point
Fort Sumter
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Really enjoyed this. It’s been cool reading something different (which is not at all a complaint about the usual fare around here, for the record). And the pictures are great. Especially loved the one with the trees coming up out of the swamp… Makes me realize how little exploring I’ve done of the south
Thanks for this!
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My sister lives in Charleston, about 15 minutes and across the river from the Battery. I was amazed at the number of beaches within a 30 minute drive. The city is gorgeous but I couldn’t stand living there where it is hot and muggy even more often than here outside of Washington DC.
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Being Canadian and having vacationed up and down the Canadian and American eastern seaboard, you do a much better job of preserving your heritage. It keeps us coming back!
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Glad you guys had a chance to take a vacation together before the kids all start scattering to the four winds. Bitter sweet. You can hardly wait for them to grow up and start their lives but then they do and you don’t see nearly enough of them. The lot of a Mom is a hard one.Come Sept. you’ll just have one chick left in the nest. Sigh.
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Glad you got to have so much fun with the kids.
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