Sunday in Charleston

Date:                                  April 14, 2013

Days on the Cruise:             20

From:                                Charleston Maritime Marina, Charleston, SC

To:                                     Charleston Maritime Marina, Charleston, SC

Statute Miles:                    0.0

Time:                                0.0 Hours

Cumulative Miles:             751.5

On Board:                         Chuck, Susan, Maggie, Trooper, Peanut, joined by Susan's sister Linda and her husband Richard

Sunday was overcast and cool in Charleston. We slept late then walked from the Maritime Center to Center City where we ate lunch on the waterfront at a restaurant named Fleet Landing. It was good. We ate on the porch outside and it was very cool with the wind coming off the water. Some of us were "seafooded out", and we had burgers for lunch. They tasted great!

After lunch, we walked through the Market on Market Street. This open air type market stretches for 4 or 5 blocks and has a variety of goods for sale. We came out of the market on Meeting Street, so we walked all the way to the Battery on this Street. 

Meeting Street reflects the downtown shopping then transitions to Hotels, Churches, then the quaint residential district all the way to the Battery. Beautiful old homes and mansions line this street. One of our favorite stops is St. Michael's Episcopal Church. We walked through the old cemetery at the Church. Outside the wall to the cemetery, the Gullah ancestors were making sweetgrass baskets just as we remember from past visits.

Linda and Susan examine a plaque on a statute of George Washington in a park on Meeting Street 

Meeting Street Looking toward the Mills House Hotel

Meeting Street looking toward St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Linda and Susan as we take a break from walking

Entrance to St. Michael's Cemetery from Meeting Street

St. Michael's Cemetery. We saw graves dating to the 1700's!

Street Scene in Charleston

Side courtyard of a house on Meeting Street

Social Club on Meeting Street

Susan, Linda, and Richard on Meeting Street

Presbyterian Church on Meeting Street

Street Scene on Meeting Street

Side Street Looking at the water at the Battery

Calhoun Mansion on Meeting Street

Waterfront along the Battery

Waterfront along the Battery

This is for my buddy Hugh Wilson, who wanted us to know that this is one of his favorite restaurants!

From the Battery, we walked ALL THE WAY back to the boat at the Maritime Center. We stopped at a grocery store about two and a half blocks from the marina, and we bought some more provisions. All four of us carried grocery bags back to the boat!

We got back to "Blue Moon" late in the afternoon. A new Looper boat had docked at the marina. "Rock Chalk" is a 44' Endeavor Power Catamaran that is doing the Loop for a second time. Richard got a ride to the airport and picked up a rental car to get back to Savannah on Monday. Good thing he got the car, because it started raining as we planned dinner. We rode back to Center City for dinner and ate at Fleet Landing again. We all like that restaurant. This time we all ate seafood.

Tomorrow, Richard and Linda leave to go to Savannah to get their car, then they drive back to Montgomery. Susan and I go on to Georgetown, SC.

Thanks for Reading!