Charleston Getaway

We're home!
Our trip to Charleston was quick, but we had a fabulous time.

Josh and I had talked about going to Charleston for our anniversary a few months ago, but after the last few weeks, we stopped planning and I thought that we would just go out for dinner or something. But Josh decided that we should go ahead and go. I am so glad that we did!

On Sunday we had no plans! We didn't know where we were going to stay, what we were going to do, etc. We have some friends who grew up (or are married to men who grew up) not far from Charleston, so we asked them for some tips.

One of the places that they told us to go eat was Poogan's Porch. (This restaurant was named after a dog named Poogan.) I was told that the fried chicken and goat cheese mashed potatoes were so good. So, that is what I ordered, and let me tell you - they were yummy! Josh got shrimp and grits, and those were great too!


After dinner, we strolled Kings Street on the way back to our hotel. Kings Street is full of specialty and upscale shops. They were all closed, but it was fun to window shop. Plus, we had the whole street to ourselves.

(Please note - The humidity in Charleston was not good for my hair!

And the flash on my camera is not good for my tan!)

We stayed at the Francis Marion Hotel. Josh told them it was our anniversary so they upgraded our hotel room, which was very nice of them. The bed was one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in and the hotel was very pretty.

The next morning I wasn't feeling very well. (Major headache!) Because of that, we ended up having a pretty late start to the day.

The one thing that I really wanted to do was go on one of Charleston's famous carriage rides. So we went and found the big red barn.

The carriage ride was probably my favorite thing that we did. I love history, so hearing all the stories was so interesting to me. There are many different routes that the carriage takes you. We ended up going on route 3. (There is a person who tells the driver which route they can go. They base it on how many carriages are out at that time and spread them out so there aren't a bunch of carriages at the same place at the same time.) After our ride I asked Josh if we could do it again and hope for a new route, but he was ready to move on to something else.

We walked around for a little bit.
(Again, please note that I am not this pale in real life!)

And we headed to The Market to do a little browsing.

After awhile we decided that we would leave Charleston and head to Isle of Palms to go to the beach for a little bit. We were told that we had to eat at Banana Cabana, so that is were we went. The nachos and quesadillas were yummy!

After our late lunch we headed out to the beach, but we didn't get to stay long because it started to rain.

Because of the weather and because I really was starting to not feel very well, we decided to come home.

The trip was very quick, but we had a lot of fun. I am so glad that we went!