Charleston, SC

We traveled 11 long hours to Charleston, SC to stay in a cheep hotel. When we got to the hotel the first room they gave us the key didn't work, so they put us in a second room but the tub was disgusting (no bed bugs!) we finally settled in a clean room about 11pm and went to bed. In the morning we walked to Starbucks then decided we would go to the beach. We walked barefoot in the white sand collecting shells and sand dollars. After being on the beach for a couple hours our stomachs started growling so we went to a restaurant/bar called Loggerheads. I ordered a  margarita and a shrimp salad wrap, Mike had a fried shrimp roll and a beer. We drove around after that to see if any of Mike's friends were around from when he used to live down here. Not having much luck we headed back to the hotel where we had a little bite to eat before settling into bed.
The next day we woke up late but still managed to make it to the beach to lay out for awhile. When we got there it was lunch time so we had our sandwiches on our hotel blanket. It was bout 74* with a slight breeze and the only ones trying to get a sun tan. While I sat on the beach I started collecting tiny shells for my scrapbook, which I'll try to complete ASAP. After the beach we went back to the hotel to get ready for dinner downtown. As we arrived downtown it took awhile for us to find the parking garage but managed to get there. The walk to the restaurant (The Noisy Oyster) was a couple blocks away.  Before sitting down for something to eat we enjoyed happy hour 1/2 off drinks. For appetizers we had gator bites (very tasty) and peel/eat shrimp cocktail. Our main dishes were seafood alfredo and sesame encrusted tuna. When dinner was done we walked around going to different bars and sight seeing along the way. Some of the places down there use real flames for lanterns to light your way. Once finished downtown we headed toward the battery park by the water. The battery was where the town green was during the revolutionary war and that's when Charleston was the capitol. It was too dark for pictures so the next day after checking out of the hotel we went back to take some before leaving town to drive 5 hours to our next destination...