Thursday September 15

7:30am - Our day started at the usual time. I woke up with a bit of a headache. It's been warm, upper 80's, low 90's, but it's the humidity that is killing me here! It makes it so much warmer. I am not used to it. Breakfast at McD's. We then hit the road down to Charleston, SC. Originally we had planned to do a dolphin tour but we changed our minds last night and decided to skip both that and the SC Aquarium. We decided to do a harbor cruise and take the trolley around the city instead. Before the harbor cruise, we stopped off at the Fort Sumter museum and checked out the artifacts they had. It was small, but the history and items they have were interesting! The harbor cruise was very nice. We spent the time on the lower deck, inside where it was air conditioned! We saw a Carnival cruise ship in port and the bridge into Charleston, which was the first triangular bridge in North America. And we saw dolphins! There were quite a few, but they were so spread out I never knew where the next one was going to jump up so I couldn't get a picture. Bummer. I know! Another time maybe. There are four old forts in the area that were all pointed out to us and each has a rich history in the Civil War. After the harbor cruise, we got on the trolley system and took two of the three routes around the city and saw various things. One of the main things we saw was The Citadel. This is a military college that up until three or four years ago was all male. After the trolleys, we decided to head down to Savannah, GA. We decided to stop in Hilton Head Island instead so we can check out the island tomorrow! Woohoo, looking forward to it!

Weather - Sun and muggy