Over Labor Day weekend we flew down to Charleston, SC, and met our friends Jacob and Travis. Jacob is in theArmy Reserves, and is currently stationed in Georgia, so he got to drive there, and Travis flew from Tulsa. It was fun to hang with the guys for the weekend.
When we got there, we drove to see the Angel Tree. It is a Live Oak tree, and is supposed to be the oldest living oak tree in America. A google search said it was 1500 years old, but the signs there said it was 400 years old. Either way, it's diameter is about 25 feet, and the branches are so big and heavy that they undulate along the ground.
Friday night we walked around historic downtown Charleston, then ordered some pizza and at at the Roach-tel...I mean hotel.Saturday morning we went to Patriot's Point, which is a museum with an aircraft carrier (the USS Yorktown), a submarine (the USS Clagmare), the Medal of Honor museum, and a Vietnam naval base camp replica.
We also took the ferry to Fort Sumter, which is where the first shots of the Civil War were shot. Here i got 2 stamps in my national park passport...and got 2 more at Fort Moultrie, for a total of 4. Yeah!
Here are Travis, Jacob, and Scott on the ferry!
After we finished at Patriot's Point, we were really, really tired. Yet, we still found energy to go to the beach and swim in the ocean.
We also took the ferry to Fort Sumter, which is where the first shots of the Civil War were shot. Here i got 2 stamps in my national park passport...and got 2 more at Fort Moultrie, for a total of 4. Yeah! Here are Travis, Jacob, and Scott on the ferry! After we finished at Patriot's Point, we were really, really tired. Yet, we still found energy to go to the beach and swim in the ocean.Jacob is on a mission to visit the gravesites of everyone that signed the Declaration of Independence. Edward Rutludge is buried in Charleston in the St. Philip's church cemetery, but we couldn't actually get in to the grave as the gates were locked. Ithink it counts because we were close! This sign was also in the graveyard:
On Sunday morning we went to Middleton Place Plantation (where another signer, Andrew Middleton, is buried).
Here is the spring house/slave chapel reflecting on the pond.
There is a statue on the ground called the wood nymph. The statue was buried on the grounds during the Civil War so that it wasn't destoryed, and found later and put back up. The story is that if you make a wish and rub the toe, your wishes will come true!
There is a statue on the ground called the wood nymph. The statue was buried on the grounds during the Civil War so that it wasn't destoryed, and found later and put back up. The story is that if you make a wish and rub the toe, your wishes will come true! 
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