50th State!!!

Covid has definitely put a wrench in Greg's travel style.  He had a big trip in the works for our 20th anniversary but...yea Covid so when I scheduled my sister's trip he decided to redirect my flight on the way home to Charleston for a weekend away together.  South Carolina was my 50th state so it was a pretty big deal.  The morning I left Denver Greg texted from the tarmac that there were snow delays.  The outlook got worse and worse - chances of me spending a few days alone in Charleston was looking high.  Miraclulously, he got to town 15 minutes before our dinner reservation.  So blessed.  We stayed at this adorable inn and enjoyed some fine dinning both nights we were there.

This was Husk, our restaurant the first night.  Yummy.  We also ate at Fig which was really fabulous.  we also indulged in some amazing coconut cake and incredible BBQ.  

Our first morning we took a historic walking tour.  It was so fabulous.  The city really is incredible.  I hadn't realized the depth of history nor the number of original structures.  It was like steping back in time.  I soaked it up.  These colorful buildings are from aptly named Rainbow Row.

I loved the vines growing on these steps and the lemon trees. Of course I didn't take very many pictures although I did send Natali a bunch of Marco Polos to share the architecture with her.

The famous pineapple- symbol of southern hospitality.

So many cool old churches and cemeteries.  I loved this tower that seemed to have dragon scale siding.

We checked out of our room the next morning and visited a beautiful beach.  There was a group of school kids playing on the sand - their school butted right up to the beach.  How cool would it be to have recess on the beach?

Then we went to the Middleton Plantation.  The gardens were amazing, not to mention the remaining buildings and the river views. We saw a handful of alligators, an exteremly long snake, a bunch of turtles and cool fish jumping.  We may have sent Andrew a lot of videos at school that day.

I loved our time there and we only got rained on in the last 10 minutes as we ran through the gardens to our rental car.  Then off to the airport for me and a long drive to North Carolina for Greg to start his work trip.  It was so wonderful to have a few days away from the kids just enjoying Greg's company, good food, an amazing city and a huge milestone.