Downtown Charleston, SC

Well, day one on my much needed getaway was pretty uneventful. My flight into Columbia was delayed about an hour. Shannon was there to pick me up. It was so good to see her. It has been at least 7 or 8 years since we last saw each other. The best thing was it felt like no time had past at all. She lives in Goose Creek so it was about an hour and a half drive back to her house. We talked the entire time. Shannon has two cats and I am very allergic so our first stop was Walmart to get some allergy medicine. Since of course I forgot to buy it before I left. We hung out at her house for a little bit waiting for her husband Tim to wake up. He was working graveyards and so he was still sleeping. Once he woke up they took me to their favorite Mexican restaurant. It was delicious. Some of the best chips and salsa I have ever had. I am still craving them.

That first night was pretty rough. My allergies were terrible. I fell asleep on the couch and they stopped bothering me. But then I woke up and my eyes just went crazy. They were puffy, itchy, and bright red. Luckily the rest of the trip I didn't have a problem because I kept medicine in me.

So, day two was Sunday and Shannon took me into Downtown Charleston. I have no words to really describe it. AMAZING!!!! The weather wasn't really great. It was raining but not really hard. We walked around for forever up and down market street, over to the pier and down the battery, and then we walked back to Market Street to eat at Bubba Gumps. I loved the mashed potatoes!! The pictures above are what I took as we walked around.

Monday we went to the beach, Isle of Palms. The weather forecast called for cloudy and thunderstorms in the afternoon. It turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun was out and it was HOT!! We went back downtown later that afternoon and did some more shopping. I LOVE that place. I can't wait to go back.

Tuesday morning we got up and went to a plantation before I had to catch my flight home. We went to Boone Hall Plantation. If anyone has seen the Notebook they will recognize the plantation house. I am really glad we squeezed the visit in. I will post another slide show of those pictures later.