a day in Charleston

on this pretty morning decided the last minute to take a drive down to Charleston for the day.. only 100 miles away down Rt 17 ..a short 2+ hour ride and we were there.. temps were in the low to mid 80's so it was a perfect day to walk down to the Rainbow Row homes along the waters edge as well as the Battery Park historic district..   the big question for you cruise lovers out there.. 'where the heck was the Maasdam and Ambara'  :)

after our picture-taking walk we decided to have lunch at the Charleston Crab House.. this time heading down to Wappoo Creek and the Crab House we have been to many times in the past...it's just a stones throw's 15 minute ride crossing the Ashley River-City Marina area  just south of Charleston's downtown...  the choice was right as it did not disappoint... a super large soft shelled crab sandwich was great as usual...  it seems that the Wappoo Creek location serves a better lunch than the downtown restaurant of the same name..much prettier sitting by the waters of the ICW also...

it was then off to Costco and a few other shopping stops to walk off the lunch before we headed home by early evening.. a nice day as usual in a great City--Charleston--one of our favorite places to spend the day

entering Charleston crossing the new Ravenel bridge from Mt Pleasant

Charleston Bay ..a look from the Battery

the end of Rainbow Row

Battery Park

a free meal

#2 Meeting Street Inn-- a famous landmark B&B

Confederate-White Jasmine vines

 a different perspective.. from the ground up onto a porch of an old house

looking out onto the Intracoastal Watery (ICW)-Wappoo Creek

Charleston Crab House soft-shelled crab 'sammich' .. yummy good

a Print on the wall Charleston Crab House

leaving the City

heading back home