Charleston

I forgot to put this first picture on the other post. This was in one of the gardens at Magnolia. We thought this was so cool...wonder how long that 'bench' had been there that the trees grew around it....

 Our friend, Scott Lalli texted us when he found out we were in SC and told us we had to find a boiled peanut stand along the side of the road and try them out....and we could thank him later.

 So, on our way into the 'city' part of Charleston, we saw Timbos Hot Boiled Peanut stand.  We stopped and told Timbo we were from Utah and our friend told us to stop and try these.  Mr. Timbo with only 2 teeth in his mouth and his cute wife, let us sample the peanuts and we were sold! We bought the Cajun peanuts and the Ham peanuts and a diet coke for the road.  If you've never tried boiled peanuts before, they have the texture of a kidney bean and they are a great snack.  We got to sign Timbo's trailer, so Mike put Mike & Jill Arveseth, Kaysville, Utah GO UTES!

 Loved Charleston! The houses were awesome. I love that 'look' the two-story wrapped porches.  These two pictures were across the bay.

 Picture of the park at the Battery.

 One of the Forts.  The first shot in the Civil War was shot from Fort Johnson....

 Yep...this is what I'm talking about.....

 Here is famous Rainbow Row. A bunch of row houses that were 'salvaged' and painted bright colors.

 I  always love the window boxes full of beautiful plants that you see in warm, humid climates.  Not many look like this in Utah.

 Real gas lanterns....so quaint!

 Courtyard...hope this family didn't mind me snapping a picture. I loved it!

 We loved Charleston and wished we had more time.  We ate at a sushi place we found along the way. There's quite a happening night life here.....fun area!

 On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at this giant ferris wheel they had in Myrtle Beach.

 We rode in a similar one in Chicago and didn't take pictures of us in the ferris wheel, so I made sure I did here.  It was fun to see the town at night. Great lights and we were right on the beach and could watch the waves roll in as we went around and around!

As we were leaving, there was a fireworks show, so we stopped and oohh'd and aaahhh'd....Great day!