We decided to head out early to Charleston. Our first stop was the South Carolina aquarium. It’s decent but not very large (and not too crowded).
We then walked over the Fort Sumter museum on the mainland. Fort Sumter is an island out in the harbor, so you have to take a ferry out there. After talking with the ticket agent, we moved our tour from Friday morning to about an hour after we arrived (Tropical Storm Andrea was slated to make landfall Friday after midnight).
And, surprise, another artillery discussion. Fort Sumter has been shot to hell. It was seriously destroyed during 1863. And who knew that Abner Doubleday, the man credited with creating baseball, was at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861? I thought that was really cool.
Because we moved our tour, we didn’t actually eat a proper lunch; we just snacked a bit in the car. So we were starving by dinner and headed over to the Citadel Mall near our rental. We ate at King Street Grille (the original location is on King Street). Our appetizer was the egg roll sampler: egg rolls with loaded baked potato, macaroni & cheese, Philly cheesesteak, and southwest fillings. Mouth-melting hot, as we discovered. I had a turkey melt on a pretzel roll, while Mac tried the cheddar jack chicken sandwich also on pretzel. Both came with waffle fries.
We walked around the mall a bit and discovered that Tyler Florence was in the food court filming a show for Food Network. We didn’t want to be on the show, so I creepily took a few pictures.
Sounds so fun! I had so much fun when I visited Charleston for a friend’s wedding few years ago I always wanted to go back and visit more! Fort Sumter is definitely on the must-do list!! I hope yall went to Jestine’s Kitchen when yall were there– SO GOOD.
How fun! That museum looks like something I would love.
My little sister’s best friend was competing on that show! And I was raised in Charleston…seriously what a small world!