Thursday, December 20, 2007

Charleston - Day 2

Yesterday was the type of day that we had envisioned when we thought up this crazy plan.
We started with having breakfast looking out over this beautiful lake in front of us. We then got dressed and went for a bike ride. It's been awhile since I last rode my bike and your butt quickly reminds you of that. This just means that I need to ride more to toughen up. Sorry, I know, too much information.

We decided to go out for some lunch after our bike ride so we jumped in the truck and went off to explore the two islands right off of Charleston. Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms. Now I know where the rich live around here. Such big houses right on the water. Yes, my little mulch truck was out of place riding around but it just made everyone think that we were on the island to work.

We found this little pub right on the main strip for lunch. When you walked into this place it was like stepping back into time. The floor was slanted and there was stuff hanging from the walls and ceilings. They had beer cans stacked along the walls that were pretty old. We sat at the bar and ended up having some of the best burgers. After a couple of tall cold ones to top it all off we were on our way to explore Fort Moultrie. (Thanks Rico, we didn't have to pay cause of the card you gave us.) I told Reta "This is the way we should do all our history tours, with a buzz!" It felt great to walk along the beach and finally get my toes into the warm sand. This is what its all about.
We finally put up a sticker map of the USA that some friends gave us. I always wanted to get one of these. It will be fun to watch the map fill up as we visit more states. You'll see it on the pictures below. So far we only have 4 states on there but we have only traveled 715 miles in Road Hazard. I am curious when and where we will hit 1,000 miles. We are going to have to stop and celebrate and, of course, check to make sure the Pick Up is still with us.
Today we are going to head out and explore one of the Plantations and later we are going to do a Ghost Tour of Charleston. Should be interesting.

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