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What To Do On A Hot Day In Charleston

Young and old alike, the fountain at Waterfront Park is the place to cool down!

Charleston Architecture - 2

More columns - Charleston is famous for them!

Charleston Architecture

All the columns on the homes are different but this is one of the best!

Colorful Charleston

Magnolia Cemetery

We visited Magnolia Cemetery again this week.  Is it weird that I love this place so much?  There is just so much beauty and so many stories.  A lot of work went into this ironwork.

Hobcaw Creek

We made our first trip to Hobcow in Mount Pleasant and were "Pleasantly" surprised by the wonderful feel of the marina and the area.  It was full of natural beauty and also steeped in history.

“Throughout the colonial period in South Carolina, shipbuilding was centered around the three trade centers: Charleston, Georgetown and Beaufort. Charleston, alone, supported some 14 shipyards during the period from the beginning of the 18th century up until 1865.  Probably the largest shipyard in all of colonial South Carolina was the one started on the south side of Hobcaw Creek in 1753 by two Scottish shipwrights, John Rose and James Stewart.”  Click here to go to the website.

Memorial Waterfront Park - Mount Pleasant

We toured Mount Pleasant yesterday with friends from out of state and enjoyed our city fresh from their eyes.  We even found some new to us treasures.  Waterfront Park is Mount Pleasant's newest park and is located under the Arthur Ravenel Bridge that goes over the Cooper River to Charleston.

Colorful Charleston

We took a carriage ride through the city today.  This was one of my favorite pictures because of the colorful shutters.  And I found that it is very hard to get good pictures riding backwards in a carriage!

IOP Pier

Here is another picture to try to keep us cool during the heat of the summer!

Summer in the Lowcountry

We have had such heat here the last couple of weeks.  These folks know how to keep cool!

Night Lights

We were downtown recently and these lights really caught my attention.  I had only taken my little camera - but at least I had that!

Cypress Gardens Canoe Ride

Click on the picture to enlarge it and you will feel like you are there with me!

When you go to Cypress Garden you HAVE to take the canoe ride.  It is included in the price of admission which is a bargain in itself and it is well, very exciting to canoe around the alligators!  Yes, you might see them as they really do live there but they stay away from you.  Just no swimming, OK?

Turtle in the Lily Pond

I am so embarrased that I haven't posted a picture in so long but to tell the truth, I haven't taken a picture in that long.  We were up in the Blue Ridge Mountains last week and I have posted some of those pictures on my other blog.  So, here we have a picture from last spring at Cypress Gardens.  Can you see the turtle?  If you can't find him, enlarge the picture and you will!  He was enjoying life!

Storm Damage

Our first Tropical Storm of the 2011 Hurricane season has arrived.  TS Bret is down in the Caribbean right now.  This is a picture of what storms do to our trees.  It just breaks my heart.