South Carolina Visit

Steve's parents came to visit us this past week and drove out some of our boxes as well as Phoenix, who had stayed with them these past three months while we were en route. What a wonderful time we had! They were here for almost a full week, so we did lots of site-seeing around South Carolina. This state is beautiful with all the woods and trees. It is so wonderful to see green! (Something that we desperately wished for during our 4 years at Edwards.)

South Carolina is also so rich in American History with both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Sumter itself is home to General Thomas Sumter "the Fighting Gamecock" who maintained South Carolina's will to fight during the Revolutionary War. We are just minutes from a civil war battlefield and a road that during the time was labeled "the King's Highway." I am not much of a history buff myself, but I do find a lot of these events very interesting. I think it is so cool to be near so many historical sites that happened a couple hundred years ago as well as other fun things! Look at all we did this past week, and this is just scratching the surface:

Sumter:

• Swan Lake and Iris Gardens
• Sumter Memorial Park

Columbia:

• South Carolina State House
• Hampton-Preston House
• Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden

Charleston:

• Battery
• The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
• Ansonborough Inn
• The Market
• Isle of Palms Beach
• Citadel

All tuckered out...lots of site-seeing!

I may just have to do separate posts on some of these because they were just so interesting...plus I have lots of pictures to gather and share. :) Obviously we didn't even come close to seeing everything in Charleston. Lots of the tours are a little bit more difficult with an active baby.

It was so nice to have Grandpa and Grandma R. with us to explore some of South Carolina. Christian loved having his grandparents here and mommy and daddy were even able to have a dinner date. (Thank you for everything and for the beautiful time!)