Doing the Charleston

Over MLK weekend Hunt and I went to visit his sister Terese and her family on the beautiful Isle of Palms. One of the islands in Charleston Harbor. Her home overlooks the Intercoastal Water Way and Goat Island. Here people live without city services and take their kids to school in boats.

Full of history, neighboring Sullivan's Island was where the slaves and the pestillence houses existed. Edgar Allan Poe was stationed at Fort Moultrie. I walked around and thought about him: drunk, crazed, young and foolish. Fort Moultrie was also where General set out to occupy Fort Sumpter under the cover of night. Also, the crew of the Hundley cast off from here. Their confederate submarine sunk off the coast with all its crew lost. They have recently raised it and it's on display in Charleston.

We walked Fort Sumter and from their you can see where the 54th Massachusetts took its last steps. This is the subject of the movie GLORY with Denzel Washington. I wasn't a bit disappointed. The fort is where the civil war began and it's haunting.

We also walked the Battery and Rainbow Row. The houses here date back to the Revolution. If you saw Mel Gibson's THE PATRIOT, you might recognize this part of Charleston.

My favorite part of the trip? The crab cakes! Oh, my...Especially at 82 Queen Street. The best crab cake in Charleston! Click on the courtyard picture for the recipe.

Thanks to Terese and her family for making our stay comfortable and entertaining!