Through most of our visit to Charleston, I realize we had provided all of our followers with plenty of photos, but no stories, leaving each to piece the parts together on their own. I thus decided to put together a string of photo captions to briefly summarize our site visit, separate from our full set of program updates. Starting with "IMG00161-20091113-1537.jpg" :
Charleston Coast Guard Station (next to which we anchored),
Ashley River Bridge
First laundry in a week (since New Bern)
Apparently someone had started a fire in the past
A tribute to Charleston's trading history (and source of much of its wealth)
The Palmetto State
Charleston Market at Night
Fountain!
Residential Alley
Fountain in Waterfront Park
Bluegrass Band playing in a venue
The nearby marina in the morning
Bucksport Sausage! YUM!
Alan updating the Ship's Log
Alan playing with his food
Our boat at anchor, and our method of transportation to shore
A little to the right Alan!
Another yawl under sail
Downtown Charleston
Non-indigenous Multicolor Penguins
Historic Buildings
Comparing French Skillets
Novice Busker!
Riviera Theatre
Charleston Market
Inside the Market
Charleston Hat Store!
The Charleston Market 100 years ago
The Charleston Market today
Charleston Hat Man! (original sign from 100 years ago)
Many Tourist Attractions
Not a horse … not a donkey
Traffic Jam
More Bars in More Places
Old Guard House
German Cruiseship
Deutschland
Peering at the waterfront
Two Scoops!
Cooper River Bridge
Sunset over Charleston
Looking down the riverfront
Alan tightening the head nuts on the engine (standard maintenance)
Liz varnishing the toerail
Trevor and his sweet shades
A reworked sewage system with a new mercerator pump
The row
Old Charleston Homes
More traffic
Charleston is known for its churches
A standard city block
Steeple
Walking through downtown
The EYE Crew entertaining the crowd
Local Art
Apparently you need a license to play music downtown (although don't worry, no tickets or trips to jail, just a notice on how to get a musician's license)