Charleston, SC!

We knew that living in Augusta would place us only a short distance from some of the greatest Southern cities to visit! Charleston was definitely on the top of our list! This past Friday morning, we drove about 2 1/2 hours so that we could do a quick trip and see what Charleston had to offer. We started out by going to lunch at Hominy Grill, which was amazing, then we did some shopping on Market St.. The Battery was so neat to see and I would love to live in one of those houses some day! :) Brayden enjoyed running around the park there! That night we went to a seafood place called Bowen's Island Restaurant. It was actually a little scary driving there because it looked like a shack on the end of a narrow dirt road. Thank you to our Garmin GPS! Jeff had to go downstairs to the "oyster man" to pick up his platter. We've never had such fresh seafood! I had platter full of fish, crabcakes, fried shrimp, hushpuppies and fries. I'm really not a huge seafood fan (except for crab legs), but this stuff was good!! Brayden had his first oyster and he actually signed for "more" and ate 2 more pieces!

The next day, we headed to Fort Sumter. It was really nice to learn about all of the history there. It was amazing to see the weapons that they used back then! Jeff visited there when we was little and we were able to take a picture of Brayden in the same place that Jeff got his picture taken years and years ago. We finished up our trip to Charleston with lunch at Hyman Seafood downtown. It seemed like a big tourist spot so I was a little worried about the quality of the food, but it was great! Jeff had a shrimp po' boy and I had a crabcake sandwich. All in all it was a great trip to Charleston and I'm sure that we'll make a trip there again soon!!