We slept in quite late and went down to breakfast after 9 a.m. and the joint was jumpin'!!!
Finally got out at around noon and walked down King Street looking in a few shops, but quickly discovered that we were totally out of our element in these stores. The only shoe store we entered had some ballet flats for 350.00.
We headed for the Market. There are many crafters and artisans there and about every 5th booth is a "sea grass basket" weaver. I got one of these from Catie for Christmas and really want another for a gift, but the most affordable ones are about the size of coasters and those are about 25.00.
From the market we headed to an art gallery that is showing a girl that grew up in our church. Her name is Amy Lind. Remember that name...she is absolutely amazing. She is only 25 years old and her stuff looks like it should be in a museum. Google her and look at some of her stuff on her web site.
Catie purchased a travel guide and studied it fairly extensively before we came, so was our private commentator all day. She showed us this "juggling bench" which is so funny!! It was intended for courting couples and if the couple sat at each end and one of them started bouncing, they would eventually end up in the center of the bench sitting close.
We had to have walked a total of 5 miles today. We walked through the area with many of the historic homes.
Rainbow row is very famous in Charleston.
After dark, we played in a park by the river and there was a long dock with these super reinforced porch swings and all four of us could swing at the same time!!
After dinner in the evening, we went on a Ghost Walk.
Our guide gave a lot of history of Charleston in the stops we had, but then of course he fully embellished it with ghost stories. I didn't embarrass my family with screams or anything like I usually do when I am scared.
We ended by a cemetery. You notice that many of the markers are way above ground. He said that some of the burials are 4-5 bodies deep.
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