Charleston, South Carolina Wrap-Up

My "wrap-up" of our trip is all over the place with pictures but I think you'll get the idea...

Here is the lovely bride, Tiffiny and Bill after their wedding.

We toured Middleton Place Plantation on the one morning we had free and that was without drenching rain. It was cloudy and very soggy, but that's the South for you. I love all the ironwork that is seen everywhere. This is the main gate going into the 65+ acres of gardens.

The flowering grass is what locals use to weave beautiful baskets. Dan and I spent over 3 hours at the plantation, 2 hours which entailed a private tour with a historian of the plantation.

Here are our friends Joselyn and Alan from North Carolina before the wedding. We had fun hanging out with them at the reception which followed the wedding.


Dan and I before the wedding

The main reason Dan and I headed to Charleston last week was for the wedding of Bill and Tiffiny. We've known Bill for many years and our family has loved getting to know him and his amazing family. Our girls fondly refer to Bill as "Uncle Bill" and we were honored to be at his wedding. Tiffiny and Bill were married at the historic French Huguenot Church located appropriately on Church Street in the historic district.

This is a limited view of the church which was originally built in 1687 but damaged during the Civil War and rebuilt after the earthquake of 1886.

The day before the wedding, this is what we woke up to--terrible weather. We had planned to take a boat out to Fort Sumter but by the afternoon the city was literally shut down. Charleston received over 8 inches of rain that day! The streets where flooded and cars stalled everywhere. Gratefully, we were able to make it to the city market first thing in the morning and browse all the local arts and crafts. By lunch time we could barely get through the city and decided to hunker down in the hotel.

A nice surprise was Dan accidently leaving his cell phone in our parked car at the airport. Not too worry though, he made use of mine of few times.

Another wedding picture--the reception was held at The Wickliffe House that was built in 1850. It was beautiful and eptimozied Southern living in everyway. Pictured here is Dan with Bill (the groom) and Alan.