On Sunday the 6th, we had our internet church time and then went to see downtown Charleston. As we were leaving the park we saw an RV about to leave that had NM plates so we stopped to say hello. It turns out it was Dave and Holly Slade, a couple we knew from our old church Calvary Chapel in Albuquerque. We talked to them for a little while and found out they have also been on an extended trip in a new RV they bought this past summer. It was good to visit with familiar faces. When we got downtown we planned on walking around to see the old buildings and shops but when we got down there the police were blocking off the roads to prepare for their Christmas Parade so we stayed to see that. It was a nice treat because we had not been feeling the Christmas spirit much even though we had bought a small Christmas tree that fits up on our RV dash and some lights to decorate with too. The parade was great and afterwards we went back to the RV because about an hour after we got back we expected our friends, Jim and Jayme Nelson, the couple we met in NYC from Albuquerque, to come in. We had been planning on meeting back up with them and it had taken until now for it to work out, about two months since we had seen them last. It was great to see them. We would now be traveling together for a couple weeks. We had really missed Jim’s cooking so Kathleen had all the fixings ready for Jim to whip us up some great stir-fry. It was awesome as usual.
On Monday the 7th we all drove over to see Fort Moultrie on Sullivans Island. We had wanted to go to Fort Sumter but we missed the time available to take a ferry over to the island. Fort Moultrie is another fort in the Charleston Bay that was used to protect the city. It was really interesting to see. The kids really enjoyed running around the fort and going into all the underground bunkers. We learned a lot about east coast defense over the years these forts were used during various wars. After touring the fort we drove back to downtown Charleston and walked around some shops and outdoor market areas. We went to one place that had been used during the slave trade years to sell slaves being brought over from Africa. We had recently read about the slave trade ships and how awful it was for them to be brought over that way. We had seen some memorials in Jackson MS and Columbia SC that told the story of it so this was another good opportunity to learn of this sad time in our history. After a little touring of the downtown we found a place to have dinner. We were there a little early and drinks and appetizers were half price so we all ordered a couple appetizers each and shared them. It was a good day of touring Charleston, learning more US history and with some good fun mixed in.
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