South Carolina
Posted: November 19th, 2009 by Scott
We took the ferry from Cape Fear to Southport and were on our way to South Carolina. We drove through Myrtle Beach but decided it looked a little too much like Vegas to stop there for lunch and heard that Murrell’s Inlet has some good seafood places. Courtney had a great Shrimp Reuben. We then took a walk around the pier.
Marsh Walk
While checking out the pier we ran into a lady who recommended we check out Brookgreen Gardens which were just south of there. We took her advice and weren’t disappointed. The gardens were on a former rice plantation and had tons of history and great sculptures. The walking tour was great and the zoo and aviary were pretty cool too.
Live Oaks at Brookgreen Gardens
Cool fountain in the garden
After the gardens we continued to Charleston. We got into town a little late so we just went to get some dinner close to our hostel. We went to the Hominy Grill. The food was awesome and when it got time to get dessert we got a recommendation from one of the customers leaving. We got the chocolate pudding, which doesn’t at first sound that great. But when we got it, it was obvious this was no Jello Pudding.
Chocolate Puddin'
I guess it was alright, we managed to finish it off.
More Pudding Please!
The next day we headed out on the town to check out all the history and great sights.
A mighty big cannon you have there
It seems that every town we go to has an amazing old Custom House building.
Another nice custom house
We got to see the 4 corners of Justice which is the historic center of town. Now it includes a church, city hall, county courthouse and the post office.
Church Tower
We took a walking tour of historic homes on the south side of Broad St. There are so many amazing homes in that area and they all seemed to have a interesting past. We got to go on a tour of one of the homes. Many of the homes including this one allow tours but are still lived in by the descendants of the original families.
Beautiful Old Single House
We also checked out the famous area of town called Rainbow Row because of the colorfully painted exteriors.
Rainbow Row
We needed to take a break from all the walking so we stopped by a bar we saw while walking around. Had several of their own brews. I got their seasonal, a coconut porter. It kinda tasted like a mounds bar, but not really what I would go for in a beer normally.
Drinks!
After walking around a bit more that afternoon we headed down to the Battery, on the waterfront. By then we were thoroughly exhausted and our feet were hurting pretty good, so we took a break on a bench overlooking the water.
Tired Feet
We had a great but tiring time in Charleston but we got to eat lots of great food and saw lots of cool stuff while there so it was worth it.