Charleston sweetgrass basket weavers selling their crafts at "The Market". Natives were all very quick to point out that ONLY vegetables and fruits were sold there historically- NOT slaves. That refers only to "The Market" - Charleston itself was the center of the slave trade in the south.
These 3 brick houses in Charleston were built by the French Hugenots (photo for Pierre!) The windowboxes were beautiful. Note the black round things above the windows- they are "earthquake bolts" installed in the houses after a huge earthquake in the 1880's.
I believe that the Hugenots were the early French Canadians - Ken
Cory & Ken meet one of the draft horses that pull cariage tours thru Charleston. We had 2 mules pull our carriage- "Crazy" & "Lazy"! They were teaching "Crazy" how to pull the carriage and he was very skittish, so they paired him up with "Lazy" as an anchor. If "Crazy" bolted, "Lazy" wasn't going anywhere.
Cory did NOT get to meet this funny-looking bird, but he was standing right outside our boat.
As opposed to "FULL Ripley Yacht Club"!We went to a boat show at this marina- no, we didn't buy a new boat. But we DID look & dream....
Ken dreamed about buying this boat at the boat show! At least I wouldn't have to polish any brightwork! We met USPS guys at their booth at this boat show. They warned us about the bridgemaster at Sunset Beach Bridge to our North!
Cory meet a questionable character on the streets of Charleston- not much of a positive role model for him!
We have arrived in Wrightsville Beach, NC - it is Monday at about 3:00pm. Another state behind us! We are going to stay in this marina for the next 3-5 days as we visit Dave, and Linda's family. We're also going to try and get all the pictures posted that we have not been able to do over the past week or so.
2 comments:
Hi guys,
Thanks for the beautiful pictures...it's so much fun for us landlubbers to be able to follow you...without worrying about getting seasick! Cory seems to be holding up pretty well considering his abusive parents. I think he and Idaho are still collaborating about reporting the four of us!
Have fun visiting your son and other relatives and please tell Dave that I congratulate him on his red belt....the one it took me 6 plus years to get! Ah the joys of youth!
Love you,
Bree
Did you buy a basket?? I bet Cory wasn't afraid of that horse!! But, please keep him safe from alligators!! Miss you, love Solveig
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