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| Early morning flight! |
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| Tons of Magnolia Trees everywhere |
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| Battery Park |
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| Carolina Jasmine smells so good |
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| Ginger getting us not quite ready |
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| Beautiful gardens at Boone Plantation |
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| Trump getting his reward after our tour |
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| My hair did not appreciate the wind and it felt like straw |
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| You cannot tell but we are tipped quite far towards the water |
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| O captain, my captain |
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| Sullivan's beach |
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| Pineapple fountain |
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| These houses overlook the harbor |
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| Rainbow Row |
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| 400 year old Angel Oak. Morgan has a picture of her standing under this very oak. |
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| The oak drive leading to Boone plantation |
We had an amazing time in South Carolina and laughed until we cried several times. We always have a great time with the Schoenrocks. Our highlight was our evening sailboat experience. They were legit sailors and that is so much work. We sailed for about 3 hours and they had us come back to shore when the sun was setting so we could see the harbor then. It was so beautiful. Rick and Ginger tried their hand at the helm. We took a carriage ride and learned some of the history of the town. Our horse was Trump and he was huge. They get their horses at auction from the Amish. They are plow horses that they retire and then the city buys them up for carriage horses. Trump was still fairly new and did not love the loud trucks and noises in the city. We ate amazing seafood the entire time! We went to market and saw the local items for sale, went to the beaches, and saw the islands and places where Morgan served her mission. The houses were amazing and we learned some cool things about the south. They have these doors that just lead on to an open porch and then there is the front door. If the porch door was open then that meant they were accepting visitors. Also pineapples were everywhere and we are in front of a pineapple fountain. The captains and crew would be gone for long periods of time and when they returned they would bring pineapples with them and spear them on their front fence. This would let the neighbors know they had returned and were ready for visitors. Hawaii does the opposite with pineapples and if you are visiting and outstayed your welcome you could find a pineapple at the foot of your bed meaning it was time to go.
We ate at this restaurant called the obstinate daughter and I bought us all T-shirts. The Obstinate Daughter, is an homage to the rich Revolutionary War
history of Sullivan’s Island. On June 28, 1776, under the command of
Colonel William Moultrie, the defenders of Fort Sullivan foiled the
British fleet’s attempt to capture the city of Charleston in the Battle
of Sullivan’s Island. This first American Patriots victory inspired a
London political cartoon of the defiant defenders of Charleston: “Miss
Carolina Sulivan, one of the obstinate daughters of America, 1776”. The Obstinate Daughter is a beautiful reminder that the stubborn
refusal to change one’s course of action can change the course of
history. We had an amazing lunch there and the best pizza ever.
We got home and our boys had missed us. Blake had sent me a cute little text for mother's day. It was really sweet. We met up with Caden, Blake, Kayla and Grey and headed to Outback to celebrate Wyatt's 15th bday! It was such a fun, quick trip but it is always so nice to get home. I got a bit behind on my homework so I will be busy with that tomorrow! Rick is still off until Saturday so he has a couple days to still relax!
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