Charleston is Beautiful

Charleston (originally Charles Towne) was founded in 1670 by the British. It was built on a peninsula with the Cooper River and Ashley Rivers flowing around it to form Charleston Harbor. We anchored on the Ashley River just off the Mega Dock of the City Marina for one night and the next day we moved to the Maritime Center on the other side of the peninsula.

Here’s a sunset from the City Marina dinghy dock.


Here’s a view of the city on our way over to the marina. Part of the charm of Charleston is there are no very tall buildings and the church spires are very prominent.

We took a horse-drawn carriage tour which about the only way to see the historic area; no trolleys here. Candace was our driver and this is Richard the Percheron and our carriage. It took old Dick awhile to get in “gear” but he eventually did a fine job for his passengers.


The historic homes are very well cared for and the gardens and flowers are beautiful. The Confederate Jasmine and Magnolia trees were in bloom and smelled wonderful.

Here are a few of the scenes of Charleston:

A replica of the tall ship, La Amistad, was docked at our marina, as a stop on its’ America’s Atlantic Freedom Tour. It was a slave ship made famous by book and movie. There was an area set up at the marina with storyboards and displays for school groups tours.

You would need much more time than we had to see the area. A ferryboat can take you out to tour Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The Fort is famous for being the site of the official start of the Civil War, or, as it’s referred to in the South, “The War of Northern Aggression”. The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina founded in 1842, is located northwest of Charleston. We stayed an extra night in Charleston as the storm you can see in the above picture was predicted. There was hail and damaging winds in neighboring counties but only rain where we were. The other tall ship there for the Harborfest was "Spirit of South Carolina".

All for now from the Restless Wind currently at anchor off Georgetown, SC.