Thursday March 8th, The Day I Got Shorter

This is a an explanation of the depiction of the Hunley. I can't imagine being inside this thing with 8 other people. I would have been screaming and busting out of there.

The Hunley had a ram thing going on there that was kind of hard to imagaine working.

The chimmineys for the Edmondston-Alston house on the battery

St. Micheals Church is the oldest church in Charleston. This is the stained glass window behind the alter area. There are also shots of the side panel which hold words from the Bible

Standing in the pue box that George Washington used you can see the beautiful woodwork and the organ pipes in the rear of the church.

On Thursday we proved to ourselves that Charleston is "a walking city". The homes are fairly close together and the there are gated drives and walks with beautiful gardens behind them. Look in but don't be rude and walk in. Charleston homes are very often described as singles houses, double houses or triple houses. Most have a piazza on on side with a door to the street that locks allowing access to the piazza. The single, double and triple refer to the number of rooms wide the house is. Many of the homes date back to pre-Revolutionary War. The oldest church is St. Micheal's and George Washington worshiped here. We are shown sitting in that box.

This day we walked our legs off and had to have a hot soaky bath at the end of the day to relieve some of the pains.

We toured the Edmondston-Alston home as well as the Nathaniel-Russell house and were so wrapped up in what we were doing we forgot to take pictures until we were leaving the Edmondson-Alston house.

Charleston is a seaport and has a thriving seafood industry if only to the local eateries of which we sampled many. Den and I are not young any longer and find that eating our larger meals at mid-day make for better sleeping and digestion. Also, as a rule the menus offer a less pricey charge for the noon meal. The portions aren't as large.

We took Cindy's advise and headed to Poogan's Porch for lunch. Following Patty's suggestions I ordered a cup of "She Crab Soup" to go with my BLT. The BLT is made with fried green tomatoes instead of the red ripe variety. The soup was delish. I have the recipe but, it calls for Crab Roe (crab eggs) and they are kind of hard to get up here.

Our evening meal was taken in our room from what we purchased that was microwavable.

I think that we caught the last trolley back to the visitors center this day and I know we walked 6 miles. My knees were shot.

God Bless!