I should have pinged you to my post #44 to Dixie Sass and visualops.
We sure packed a lot into the two days we had in Charleston, but the sore feet and sunburned shoulders were worth every minute we spent there. I hope to go back. There are many of the beautiful old Charleston houses that we could have toured but didn't have time on this trip.
One of the most memorable days I had was when my sister and her daughters and I took a Spring Plantation Tour one year.
It began at Boone Hall Plantation, where George Washington visited.
There is a video presentation of Boone Hall (where several movies were filmed)
HERE, complete with singing birds..:))
Two more followed, with an elaborate luncheon served on tables on the lawn at one - more, and then ended at Medway Plantation west of Charleston, where my forebear, Thomas Smith, married the widow of the builder/owner. He was buried there.
They, however, lived in Charleston on the river, in his large home there.
He was a Landgrave, given multiple ones (43,000 acres each) by King George - a successful shipping merchant - the Charles Town surgeon, and was active in politics, becoming a Governor of Carolina, later divided into two states.
YOU WERE HERE AN DIDN'T LET ME KNOW!!!!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH, sniff, sniff, pout - MAMA BEAR!!!!!!!!