Thursday, March 27, 2008 -
White Point, Meeting Street, Angel Oak, Morris Island Light, Folly Beach,
Shopping
Wow! Funny how time flies when you're having
fun. This would be our last day in Charleston. We had to make it
count. (Famous Last Words). Again with the vacation attitude, we
left the hotel at 10:00 AM. Today we opted to try something different for
breakfast so I suggested we try something downtown on the way to our days
activities. So we went to the King Street area and walked until we found a
nice little place, and had breakfast at Bruegger's - arriving at 10:15 and
leaving at 10:40AM.
Maria wanted to check out the CupCake shop so
we stopped by and got some cupcakes for "dessert" (for breakfast?). There
was a prohibition against taking pictures in the shop so we took pictures
outside. (Must be a fear of cameras with the new "smell-a-vision" feature.
The cupcakes were OK.
Meeting Street
We got in the Commander and drove down Meeting
Street to White Point, then back up to Courthouse Square, parking around 11:30AM
for our walk to White Point as the parking in the area is all reserved for
residents with parking permits. That was OK as it gave us a chance to walk
Meeting Street and admire the buildings and landscapes. The pictures speak
for themselves - the weather was outstanding, the properties uniformly
beautiful.
White Point
We reached the park at about 11:50PM. It
had been a nice walk so far. We took a short break.
We sought and found the
White Point Geocache around 12:10PM. It was the geodetic survey marker
located at the point,
While we were there we
photographed some people and they in turn photographed us.
We checked out some of the gear
that was in the park.
Maria took a walk and I took a
break while Tom climbed all over one of the cannons.
Meeting Street
We hung out until 12:37PM and then
started walking back up Meeting Street. Again, not much to say about the
beautiful buildings all along the way - the pictures cover it nicely!
We got back to Courthouse Square
around 1:08PM. From there we located Rainbow "Row" and drove along it
before heading out to the next stop on our tour.
Angel Oak
We reached Angel Oak about 1:50PM. We
found it in a small park with lots of picnic tables. Tom and I made a side
trip to locate a geocache.
The only way to get a sense of the
size of this tree is to see something next to it. This tree is huge!
Not so much tall as wide!
We found the
Angel Oak Geocache at about 2:14PM
Lastly we checked out Gift Shop
and then left for Kiawah Island at about 2:26PM.
Kiawah Island, Morris Island Light
We thought we'd go to Kiawah Island and spend
some time on the beach. Along the way we stopped for Lunch, arriving at
2:44PM at Fischer's Sports Pub and Grill in the Bohicket Marina.
Maria fell in love with the split window VW
that was outside.
We had a nice lunch, leaving at
3:50PM. We arrived at the Kiawah Island gate at about 3:55PM and learned
(as we should have known from travel materials) that it is a closed community.
We backtracked to go to Folly Beach area instead.
Folly Beach
Reached area at about 4:37PM. Drove out
to Lighthouse Inlet, parking near Sumter Drive just before gated entrance.
We hiked out past former Loran Coast Guard station to the point. Got there
about 5:10PM. I took credit for the
Someday My Prince Will Come geocache. There's an interesting story of
how this lighthouse is being preserved by a group raising money and contracting
the preservation work, which can be seen in the photo below. This marks my
100th geocache!
Took some pictures of the lighthouse and headed
back to try for a smoother beach for the kids.
We got to a spot on Folly beach
near where we parked and stayed until 6:10, then headed back to the Commander.
Shopping
After our long day, we still somehow managed to
muster up the energy to go to the North Charleston shopping center (Center
Point) at 7:03PM and do some shopping. The kids got sneakers and WebKins
and I got toys. I think Maria bought some stuff too. After the
shopping I saw a pretty sky so made some images. Even though it was just a
shopping center, I still liked the effect.
Next I tried to get gas at Sam's and found my
membership card had expired the day before, so renewed it and then found they
didn't sell mid-grade fuel... Getting fuel would have to wait until Friday
before we left.
Went to dinner at FATZ around
8:24, finished around 9:23PM. It was pretty good.
We got back to the hotel around 9:30PM and
called it a night. Another chock-full day!
