Charleston

We started off our trip at Carowinds so Frank could have a chance to ride some rides with Claire and we thought she would be worn out enough to sleep all the way to Charleston. NOT! Instead I sat in the backseat and we watched Finding Nemo. Great movie but not what I had planned. Our first night there was pretty uneventful and the next day we started by going to the beach. Claire had a blast but we could only handle so much. Who has enough energy to run after that girl for more than two hours straight? Not me. So then we had lunch at Woody's Pizza in Folly Beach. Definitely a must, if you go there. We had the the Antipasta and the White Pizza. Yummy!

Then we went to the outlets for a bit and walked around and watched some pretty cool planes come in. I didn't know there was an Air Force base in Charleston until we got there. Pretty neat. Then we rode around and saw The Citadel and caught and glimpse of some aerobatic planes that were part of the Harbor Fest. After that we walked around King Street and then back down Meeting street where the restaurants are and our hotel. We wanted to stop and eat at a local place but after all the riding in the stroller Claire was not going to wait in line for 30 mins. to eat. We stopped at Sticky Fingers BBQ and the wait staff was so great. They could tell that Claire was a little annoyed about being confined to a highchair so they brought her crayons, a balloon, and treasure chest full of toys to pick from. Needless to say Claire was unhappy with all of that and let us all know. So she sat in a chair next to me with my plate and my fork and finished her dinner. Then was ready to go.

After dinner we headed back to our hotel. The Embassy Suites on Meeting Street(http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/hotels/hotelpromo.jhtml;jsessionid=VBNZTMFHQ15Y2CSGBIU2VCQ?ctyhocn=CHSESES&promo=history&cid=OH,ES,chses,HistoryB). If you get a chance to stay there, it has a great history. It was once a fort, then a tobacco storage and then the original site of The Citadel. It is 250 yrs. old. Frank and I would love to go back again.

So after our whirlwind trip we headed home on Sunday. Again, Claire didn't sleep on the way home so I was left to entertain her. Guess being out of her routine with no naps all weekend made it hard for her. Which in turn made it hard for us. What's the moral of the story? Next time we go to a secluded beach where there's nothing to do but sleep, swim and eat.