I could not get my rear out of bed on Wednesday. The walk with my mother-in-law the night before tired my body. I did get up in time to get pictures of the sunrise from our balcony instead of the beach. That was fine because I have a telescopic lens, so I used that to get closer-of the sunrise.
After everyone was up for the day, my nephew, Hubby, and the Imaginative One went for a bike ride. The Wee One and I went back to Black Magic. Got me a Shark Attack smoothie that was out of this world good. We then went onto the beach but stayed there for a little while because the Wee One didn’t like that none of the other kids were with him.
After Hubby, my nephew, and the Imaginative One returned from their bike ride, we left for Angel Oak. It’s a tradition to visit the tree and get pictures. I brought my tripod and set it up where I thought it should have been. However, I was wrong by a few feet. By the time they told me, I was getting ready to take it down anyway. People laughed as I ran across the canopy to get into place. We got some great pictures, though.
The plan had been to eat our picnic lunch at Angel Oak, but the mosquitoes were biting us. We had to hit a Piggly Wiggly for some topical Benadryl and Starbucks. Their espresso machine was not working, so I got a coupon for a free drink. Which reminds me that I haven’t used it yet.
We ended up going to St. Johns’ Island’s park. To get here, we drove on Bozo Lane and then Dunmovin Drive. (I have a picture of the street signs at the intersection.) Afterward ate our picnic lunch and listened to thunder in the background.
Once we hit the Bridge, it started storming Mt. Pleasant. We still went to the park and played under the Bridge in the play area. The boys were apprehensive at first because of the rain but discovered playing under a bridge during a rainstorm. Was fun. Even Hubby even played a little bit.
Once we were finished at the park, it had stopped raining, so we headed to downtown Charleston. We wanted to go to a few historical churches and walk around. As we were walking around, I went to Bakehouse again. The cashier remembered me from a couple nights before, so that was cool.
We went to the Provost Dungeon first but decided not to go on the tour because the Imaginative One was tired of museums. We then walked down Broad Street and noticed t bunch of people on the one side of the road and people talking about a miniseries for CBS being filmed across from the church we were heading to. One of the leading actors was Cam Gigandet from the first Twilight movie. We watched for a few minutes but then went into St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. George Washington worshiped there on May 8, 1791, and Robert E. Lee also worshiped there. In the graveyard, John Rutledge, the first governor of South Carolina, is buried there.
Afterward, watching some more of the filming and then walked around looking for the Circular Church. Once we got there, the Imaginative One was not happy to be in another graveyard. Oh, well! We made him walk through it.
Then it was onto St. Philips Episcopal Church. It is famous for ghost stories, and a cannon stuck in the steeple. Charles Pickney, signer of the Constitution, and Edward Rutledge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, are buried in its graveyard.
AWeheaded back to the car and walked down Philadelphia Alley, aka Dueler’s Alley. It was a hidden, out-of-the-way alley full of history and ghost stories.
Once we got the car, we headed back to the condo. I was scheduled to cook dinner that night. I cooked tacos. We ran into a problem, though; the meat was frozen solid. I put it in cold water and slowly removed the defrosted meat. We never got it completely defrosted. The next day the half we put in the fridge was still frozen. Crazy!
My niece spent the night with one of our relatives, so only boys were around. They had fun playing in the condo because we could not go out to the beach because it was raining.
More adventures tomorrow. . .
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