Charleston, SC - Part Two

After lunch we wandered down to the wharf.  There was a Carnival cruise ship loading up.  At the next wharf we boarded our tour boat, Carolina Belle for a harbour cruise.

Customs and Excise building

The Battery - huge homes worth millions

White Gardens named for the old oyster shell dumping grounds and also where pirates were buried after being hanged and left dangling for about 2 weeks

Fort Sumter This fort used to be 50 feet high.  It was fired on so many times during the civil war, that it is about 1/3 shorter now.  This is an island at the mouth of the harbour and where the civil war began. 

A beautiful bridge spanning across the harbour

This is a confluence of the two rivers leaving Charleston.  The boat captain said it is very rare to have such a definite line and colour change between the two rivers

Aircraft carrier Yorktown.  This is the second Yorktown as the first was lost at Midway. The second ship was used during the movie Tora Tora Tora. This ship was used for both American and Japanese carriers.  Half of the ship was painted in American colours and half Japanese.

After a great day being tourists, we headed back to Edisto Island.  Due to the volume of traffic, it took almost an hour to travel the first 10 miles.  After we turned onto the small local highway, it was clear sailing home tired and sunburned.  Lots of fun.