Civil War Walk and Charles Towne Landing

On our first full day in Charleston, we went to do a Civil War walking tour downtown.  It was really fun, and we learned a lot about the city during that time.  The guide was a little hokey (he kept making us say "boo, hiss" every time he mentioned Sherman), but he was pretty funny otherwise.






Mom and Ike before the walk.









The kids didn't make it very long staying with the group, so mom took them and did lots of extra laps and chilled in a city park for a while. 

My artsy shot of rainbow row.  I know, everyone's jealous of my sweet photography skills  :)

Tony and Dave checking out the cannons at the Battery.

Tour guide forced picture at a random house.













After we got back from that we spent the rest hanging out with my Uncle Denny and Aunt Laura and going to the beach.

Monday, we went with Denny and Laura to Charles Towne Landing, which is where the first colonists in South Carolina landed in 1670.  The place was really cool and had a ton of stuff to do, including:  a really awesome museum explaining all of the history, a zoo of indigenous animals, and a walking trail that took you around to the major sites and led to a replica boat.

 There were giant banana spiders all over the place.

Walking around the loop...it was a tad bit toasty that day.

Tony and Ike on the boat.

Dave steering the boat.














After we got home, Josh and I turned around and went into downtown again to have dinner at FIG.  Two words...ricotta gnocchi.  Basically the best thing ever invented.  And that was just the appetizer!

Pumped about dinner.