Charleston Photos 2

Told you I would come back the next morning to shoot the neon.

I took a pic like this years ago in Venice of a store with lights on. Still like the idea.

5Church restaurant at 5:00 am.

The Customs House

And now for an amazing sunrise

More of the amazing sunrise

Golden light!

More of the amazing sunrise

Sunrise over. Fountain time.

Fountains and sunrise..perfect.

See what I mean.

Sunrise

It's all about flag placement

Palm tree at sunrise

Pineapple fountain at sunrise

Wish I had been a few seconds earlier. He was completely underwater except his nose.

You can see him almost underwater

Pineapple Fountain

Beach side architecture

More classic Southern architecture

The sea wall at sunrise.

More Southern history

More classic Southern architecture with a sunrise.

More classic Southern architecture

Low Country self-portrait

More classic Southern architecture–the Painted Ladies

More history

This is the end of a rod put through a building to pull it back together after a 19th century earthquake.

That tall steeple

Back at 5Church. Wish I could have gotten some more beignets.

5Church

Saw this on my walk and loved it.

The Daughters of the Confederacy Building

Kathleen at breakfast for the second day at Hominy Grill

My second day breakfast. Swiss cheese and spinach omelet, potatoes, biscuit with tomato jam...yummy!

Headed to a community celebration in Mt. Pleasant (still never saw the mountain) and saw this sign

Under the bridge on the pier in Mt. Pleasant

A crane in the marshes

The Ravenal Bridge from the Mt. Pleasant Pier

River pano

The USS Yorktown–a museum. Not quite as good as the Midway in San Diego.

More history

That thing in the river is the concrete ship mentioned on the previous photo

The cotton gin building at the Boone Plantation

Looking down the drive at Boone Plantation

Kathleen touring the slave quarters at Boone Plantation

Slave quarters at Boone Plantation

An amazing oak tree at at Boone Plantation

Inside the slave quarters at Boone Plantation

A little history at Boone Plantation

More history at Boone Plantation

More inside slave quarters at Boone Plantation

Kudzuu on the trees at Boone Plantation

Sun was out and it was hot.

The main house at Boone Plantation

Roses at Boone Plantation

Flowers at Boone Plantation

Pond where they filmed part of the movie, "The Notebook." This is the pond Ryan Gosling fell into.

The lawn at Boone Plantation

Loved this family taking pics at Boone Plantation

Starting a motorized tour at Boone Plantation

The other side of the condemned cotton gin

Patrick, our tour guide at Boone Plantation

Back downtown heading to the carriage ride.

On the carriage ride

Jenny (our driver and guide) and her brand new hat

An amazing rosé we had with dinner at Chez Nous about six blocks from our AirBnB

My appetizer–vegetable stew with chorizo and fried egg

Kathleen's salad

She likes it!

Her chicken entrée

My shrimp and pasta entrée

The parking lot behind out AirBnB

Walking at 5:40 am

Cool Southern Architecture

Churchyard graveyard

The entrance to the College of Charleston

Inside the college quad

More college quad. Probably a bunch more crowded later.

More college building

On campus

A pretty cool sidewalk

An alleyway back to a church

The church

The corner of King and Queen. One of our guides told us this is the only one in the U.S.

Looking up King Street at dawn

Cool Southern Architecture

Great door decoration

Cool Southern Architecture

Ornamental stuff on Cool Southern Architecture

History!

Cool Southern Architecture

Another brick in the wall.

Cool Southern Architecture – the Jewish synagogue

Cool Southern Architecture

Chicken and waffles–best breakfast of the trip. AWESOME!

The one-of-a-kind Angel Oak. An amazing tree.

Painting Angel Oak

Kathleen and the Angel Oak

Angel Oak

Kathleen waves goodbye to Charleston

Here's my Charleston Day 2 and 3 pics!