Wordless Wednesday-Truth Realized On Vacation

Vacation-The Battery

Before I tell you about today's adventures (in reverse), let me tell you about getting these pictures uploaded.  Apparently my Picasa album, which comes free with my blogger account, has a limit for number of pictures that can be uploaded and I have reached that limit.  So I had 2 choices-pay for a larger storage space, or find a new way to upload pictures.  After a little bit of research, I found out I can upload them directly from my phone (which is where I take most of my pictures from anyhow) to Google Plus, and load them to the blog that way.  So this will be my first time uploading from that album.  My first lesson-reverse chronological order.  For whatever reason, this album uploads in reverse order unless I select the pictures one by one.

So why don't you visit the The Battery area of Charleston with me from the end of our time to the beginning?  We ended our tour of the area by walking through the neighborhoods and admiring the architecture of the historic homes in the area to get back to our car.

There were carriage rides, and this particular carriage had stopped right in front of a home so the driver/tour guide could tell those on the tour a little bit about this history of that particular home.  I took the opportunity to take a snapshot.

I absolutely love this entryway-the marble stairway is just beautiful!

This was the end of Rainbow Row-a series of homes painted in a colorful way.  We stopped here and my sister-in-law took some family pictures.  Hopefully I will have those soon and will upload them.

Before that we visited the battlefield area of The Battery.  There were lots of historic markers and artifacts to look at.

I'm not sure where this picture came from.  It appears to be out of order.  Maybe I don't have this photo album figured out after all.

Before that, we parked the car and walked along the waterway admiring the view-both the water and the homes.

I love visiting historic places, and Charleston has been great!

Folly Beach

I am from the east coast, and there is something about it that will always be in my blood.  And so, no trip to Charleston would be complete without a visit to see the waves crashing on the beach.  My sister-in-law took us to the best beach when it's too cold to swim-Folly Beach-because of it's views.

This was the view crossing a bridge on the way to the beach.

Next we headed down the road and parked by some beach houses.

We walked down this path to the beach.

And we were welcomed by this gorgeous view.

Just look at that sea foam!

My hubby took this picture of me and posted it on facebook.  Apparently it appears I am holding a revolver, but it is just my phone.

I could stare at this view forever!

Wouldn't this make a great album cover?

Found a dead horseshoe crab.

Even looking away from the ocean at the sand dunes was a great view.

Sand piper.

Beach houses with a view.

Waves crashing on the rocks.

My hubby at the top of a sand dune.

So pretty!

And after a good walk, we were rewarded with a view of the lighthouse.

We posed for a family pic, but couldn't stay here long for fear of getting soaked.

I wanted a pic of me and my hubby, but the wind got a little crazy with my hair.

But we finally got a decent picture!

Then came the walk back to the car.  Wildlife loves the beach as much as I do.

Neat lighthouse at the end of a driveway.

After we saw the lighthouse, we drove down a ways and stopped at the Folly Beach Fishing Pier for some more gorgeous views.

All those black dots are surfers.  Crazy surfers-it was in the upper 50's/lower 60's!

We grabbed a bite to eat while at the pier.  Here was our view from the window.

Everybody had burgers but me-I was not about to pass up an opportunity to eat fresh seafood.  I had the fried oysters.

After we left the beach, my sister-in-law drove us past some neat graffiti.

We all ended the night by snacking way too much and playing Apples to Apples.

What another great day!