Today was the first day we had to spend some time in Charleston, SC. It was surprisingly smaller than I’d expected. The town is quaint. We drove through town and explored a bit, namely driving down historic King St. The street still has the feel of the old department stores and soda shops, though now it has all the trendy brand name stores lining the streets. The interesting thing, is that everything closes early. Even though it is just a block from a college.
Looking for things to do that define Charleston, we did the Fort Sumter tour. The tour is run by the National Park Service. For Some quick history, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sumter. Fort Sumter is known as the place where the Civil War Began. So once again on this trip, we got to continue our American History Lesson. Fort Sumter is essentially a man-made island at the mouth of the Charleston Harbor.
In order to get to the Fort you have to take a 30 minute passenger ferry. Along the way, they give you the history of the area. This was definitely one of our highlights of the South so far.
Here is Fort Sumter with the Atlantic in the background. All 5 Flags that flew over the fort are on display. In the South, they are still proud of their history and patriotism.This is Traci in a hallway that used to lead to the powder room... not the bathroom, but the room where all the gunpowder was kept. Usually one of the safest places in a fort like this, but because the fort was built to defend towards the sea, it was vulnerable to attack from land from the other fort across the river.
Here I am just outside, before we head back to Charleston.
Kylie walking around "Liberty Square".
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