South Carolina Trip (Page 3): Magnolia Cemetery. It is well worth seeing and often there are egrets and heron in and around the lake in the center of the cemetery. There is one plot...

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

jlf1938 wrote:

I do not recall it's name but the oldest cemetery has good offerings. Large trees, huge monuments, etc. I made an image of a pyramid monument that is not far from the entrance. It was about 14 feet high.

Magnolia Cemetery. It is well worth seeing and often there are egrets and heron in and around the lake in the center of the cemetery. There is one plot where the remains of the sailors of the H.L. Hunley are buried. This first submarine to sink a warship was found some years back and the crew was interned in Magnolia. The restored submarine itself is on display in a museum in Charleston.

Buckeye Loc: Dayton, OH.

genocolo wrote:

Not accurate. Kiawah is open to public. I was just there.

True, there parts of the island you can access before the main gate. But the main part of Kiawah Island is private.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

BigPapi wrote:

We're heading to South Carolina in a few weeks. Will be spending a few days in Charleston, then driving to Myrtle Beach for a week. Anybody have any tips on great photo ops or any must see or must do?

Once you start looking around Charleston you may want to flip your itinerary and do the week in Charleston with a few days in Myrtle Beach. I lived there for about six years and go back yearly since my youngest daughter loved the area so much she moved back there when she finished college. I could write a whole book on things to see and do there and yet each year I go back I still take hundreds of photos of everything from Magnolia Gardens (make sure and do the swamp walk where you will see many birds, turtles, and alligators), the Battery (the area along the Charleston harbor where the sea wall is located --- where you will see Fort Sumter, Rainbow Row, and White Point Gardens where some of the grandest of the Old Charleston mansions are located), and the parks and bridges in the area. Go over to Mt. Pleasant (my daughter lives there) and have a meal along Shem Creek. The best of Charleston's restaurants are not along the creek but they are good and the atmosphere is the best in the area. Sit outside on the deck at one of these restaurants and watch the fishing boats just yards away unloading the "catch of the day" or go to the Shem Creek Bar and Grill on the other side of the highway and sit on their deck and enjoy the views looking over the salt marshes and the activity of small fishing boats and birds (the large fishing boats can't get under the bridge). There is also a very long boardwalk that runs along Shem Creek and I would encourage you to make the walk to the end where you can see fishing boats, pelicans, other water birds, people on paddle boards cruising down the creek and kayakers meandering through the salt marshes. The park along the waterfront of the Cooper River in downtown Charleston is a nice pleasant place to visit. They have some wonderful fountains there with one being a well known one called the Pineapple fountain. From there you can walk down to Fleet Landing, a restaurant that sits out in the Cooper River. During WWII it was a stores warehouse for the navy and from there supplies were ferried out to the warships anchored along the river. The City Market is a "must see". It runs for four blocks in the center of downtown and offers a wide variety of local art including the famous Gulla woven baskets of local weavers (Gulla is a language native to SC. It is made up of English, French, and African dialects and when you hear it spoken it will take a little getting used to before you readily understand what is being said). You will see several of these weavers on the sidewalks outside the market weaving the baskets. They are not inexpensive but if you want one you will get a better buy if you wait and go to one of the stands along hwy. 17 (the road you will take to Myrtle Beach). There are a number of those stands along both sides of the highway and they have to compete for business while the crafters at the market have an unlimited supply of tourists to sell to. There is a motel in downtown Charleston where you can start a self directed walking tour. They will give you a tape recorder (most likely an mp3 player now days). It will instruct you to turn right out of the front of the motel, pause the recorder, walk one block and when on that corner hit the play button. It will then describe the things you see from that vantage point. It will continue giving instructions like that until you are back to the motel. Two other ways to get good history of the area: There are guided walking tours that assemble around the old customs house (across the street and down a little from the new customs house), and the other is to take a carriage ride. To get a lot of history you may want to take more than one of those since one carriage ride covers one part of the area while other rides cover a different area. Charleston is noted for its great restaurants many four star and several five star but one of my favorites is 82 Queen Street. While it may not be in the top 10, it still receives 4 1/2 stars and has the best Shrimp and Grits I've had. I would like it if you sent me a note on your return and let me know of you experience. You will have a great time there I'm sure.

Buckeye Loc: Dayton, OH.

Bridges wrote:

Once you start looking around Charleston you may want to flip your itinerary and do the week in Charleston with a few days in Myrtle Beach. I lived there for about six years and go back yearly since my youngest daughter loved the area so much she moved back there when she finished college. I could write a whole book on things to see and do there and yet each year I go back I still take hundreds of photos of everything from Magnolia Gardens (make sure and do the swamp walk where you will see many birds, turtles, and alligators), the Battery (the area along the Charleston harbor where the sea wall is located --- where you will see Fort Sumter, Rainbow Row, and White Point Gardens where some of the grandest of the Old Charleston mansions are located), and the parks and bridges in the area. Go over to Mt. Pleasant (my daughter lives there) and have a meal along Shem Creek. The best of Charleston's restaurants are not along the creek but they are good and the atmosphere is the best in the area. Sit outside on the deck at one of these restaurants and watch the fishing boats just yards away unloading the "catch of the day" or go to the Shem Creek Bar and Grill on the other side of the highway and sit on their deck and enjoy the views looking over the salt marshes and the activity of small fishing boats and birds (the large fishing boats can't get under the bridge). There is also a very long boardwalk that runs along Shem Creek and I would encourage you to make the walk to the end where you can see fishing boats, pelicans, other water birds, people on paddle boards cruising down the creek and kayakers meandering through the salt marshes. The park along the waterfront of the Cooper River in downtown Charleston is a nice pleasant place to visit. They have some wonderful fountains there with one being a well known one called the Pineapple fountain. From there you can walk down to Fleet Landing, a restaurant that sits out in the Cooper River. During WWII it was a stores warehouse for the navy and from there supplies were ferried out to the warships anchored along the river. The City Market is a "must see". It runs for four blocks in the center of downtown and offers a wide variety of local art including the famous Gulla woven baskets of local weavers (Gulla is a language native to SC. It is made up of English, French, and African dialects and when you hear it spoken it will take a little getting used to before you readily understand what is being said). You will see several of these weavers on the sidewalks outside the market weaving the baskets. They are not inexpensive but if you want one you will get a better buy if you wait and go to one of the stands along hwy. 17 (the road you will take to Myrtle Beach). There are a number of those stands along both sides of the highway and they have to compete for business while the crafters at the market have an unlimited supply of tourists to sell to. There is a motel in downtown Charleston where you can start a self directed walking tour. They will give you a tape recorder (most likely an mp3 player now days). It will instruct you to turn right out of the front of the motel, pause the recorder, walk one block and when on that corner hit the play button. It will then describe the things you see from that vantage point. It will continue giving instructions like that until you are back to the motel. Two other ways to get good history of the area: There are guided walking tours that assemble around the old customs house (across the street and down a little from the new customs house), and the other is to take a carriage ride. To get a lot of history you may want to take more than one of those since one carriage ride covers one part of the area while other rides cover a different area. Charleston is noted for its great restaurants many four star and several five star but one of my favorites is 82 Queen Street. While it may not be in the top 10, it still receives 4 1/2 stars and has the best Shrimp and Grits I've had. I would like it if you sent me a note on your return and let me know of you experience. You will have a great time there I'm sure.

Once you start looking around Charleston you may w... (show quote)

You would make a great tour guide in Charleston. Well stated! If you notice, my avatar is the white bridge at Magnolia Gardens.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Buckeye wrote:

True, there parts of the island you can access before the main gate. But the main part of Kiawah Island is private.

Still inaccurate. The beaches are open to the public since beaches in SC cannot be privately owned and while the Kiawah Resort is large and exclusive, it does not own the beach and the island itself is much larger than the resort. Read my earlier post about the public parking lot. While the resort may be the "main part" of the island from an economic standpoint, there is much to the island beyond the resort.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Buckeye wrote:

You would make a great tour guide in Charleston. Well stated! If you notice, my avatar is the white bridge at Magnolia Gardens.

Maybe that will be a new career if I ever retire and move back to the area! I love history and could go on for hours about Charleston or the are I now live in which is also rich in history. Within an hour of my home here in PA there is Gettysburg, Philadelphia, Washington's Crossing (where Washington crossed the Delaware on Christmas Eve and surprised the British at Trenton, NJ). Here in the valley we have the world's oldest bookstore (the Moravian Bookstore in downtown Bethlehem), the oldest still operating drive-in movie theater, Martin Guitar, Lehigh University and many communities like Jim Thorpe with colorful histories form the days of steel and coal. Thanks for your thoughts.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

BigPapi wrote:

We're heading to South Carolina in a few weeks. Will be spending a few days in Charleston, then driving to Myrtle Beach for a week. Anybody have any tips on great photo ops or any must see or must do?

Although I already posted on your request, here are a few teasers to get your photo juices going:

Bridge between downtown Charleston and Mt. Pleasant

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From Swamp Walk at Magnolia Gardens

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From Magnolia Cemetery
From Magnolia Cemetery...

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The grand mansions along the Battery in Whitepoint Gardens

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Fleet Landing Restaurant
Fleet Landing Restaurant...

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Shot from the boardwalk along Shem Creek

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Shot from the bridge over Shem Creek

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Customs House at night across the street from Fleet Landing

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Buckeye Loc: Dayton, OH.

Bridges wrote:

Although I already posted on your request, here are a few teasers to get your photo juices going:

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Bridges wrote:

Once you start looking around Charleston you may want to flip your itinerary and do the week in Charleston with a few days in Myrtle Beach. I lived there for about six years and go back yearly since my youngest daughter loved the area so much she moved back there when she finished college. I could write a whole book on things to see and do there and yet each year I go back I still take hundreds of photos of everything from Magnolia Gardens (make sure and do the swamp walk where you will see many birds, turtles, and alligators), the Battery (the area along the Charleston harbor where the sea wall is located --- where you will see Fort Sumter, Rainbow Row, and White Point Gardens where some of the grandest of the Old Charleston mansions are located), and the parks and bridges in the area. Go over to Mt. Pleasant (my daughter lives there) and have a meal along Shem Creek. The best of Charleston's restaurants are not along the creek but they are good and the atmosphere is the best in the area. Sit outside on the deck at one of these restaurants and watch the fishing boats just yards away unloading the "catch of the day" or go to the Shem Creek Bar and Grill on the other side of the highway and sit on their deck and enjoy the views looking over the salt marshes and the activity of small fishing boats and birds (the large fishing boats can't get under the bridge). There is also a very long boardwalk that runs along Shem Creek and I would encourage you to make the walk to the end where you can see fishing boats, pelicans, other water birds, people on paddle boards cruising down the creek and kayakers meandering through the salt marshes. The park along the waterfront of the Cooper River in downtown Charleston is a nice pleasant place to visit. They have some wonderful fountains there with one being a well known one called the Pineapple fountain. From there you can walk down to Fleet Landing, a restaurant that sits out in the Cooper River. During WWII it was a stores warehouse for the navy and from there supplies were ferried out to the warships anchored along the river. The City Market is a "must see". It runs for four blocks in the center of downtown and offers a wide variety of local art including the famous Gulla woven baskets of local weavers (Gulla is a language native to SC. It is made up of English, French, and African dialects and when you hear it spoken it will take a little getting used to before you readily understand what is being said). You will see several of these weavers on the sidewalks outside the market weaving the baskets. They are not inexpensive but if you want one you will get a better buy if you wait and go to one of the stands along hwy. 17 (the road you will take to Myrtle Beach). There are a number of those stands along both sides of the highway and they have to compete for business while the crafters at the market have an unlimited supply of tourists to sell to. There is a motel in downtown Charleston where you can start a self directed walking tour. They will give you a tape recorder (most likely an mp3 player now days). It will instruct you to turn right out of the front of the motel, pause the recorder, walk one block and when on that corner hit the play button. It will then describe the things you see from that vantage point. It will continue giving instructions like that until you are back to the motel. Two other ways to get good history of the area: There are guided walking tours that assemble around the old customs house (across the street and down a little from the new customs house), and the other is to take a carriage ride. To get a lot of history you may want to take more than one of those since one carriage ride covers one part of the area while other rides cover a different area. Charleston is noted for its great restaurants many four star and several five star but one of my favorites is 82 Queen Street. While it may not be in the top 10, it still receives 4 1/2 stars and has the best Shrimp and Grits I've had. I would like it if you sent me a note on your return and let me know of you experience. You will have a great time there I'm sure.

Once you start looking around Charleston you may w... (show quote)

👍👍 Excellent summary of one of my favorite cities. Just the mention of the shrimp and grits at 82 Queen is causing me to plan a visit in the next month!

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Yes and I've photographed and traversed that bridge many times!

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

TriX wrote:

👍👍 Excellent summary of one of my favorite cities. Just the mention of the shrimp and grits at 82 Queen is causing me to plan a visit in the next month!

Thanks. I like setting in the outside courtyard at 82 Queen. During the shooting of "The Prince of Tides", this was one of the favorite hang outs of the cast and crew of the movie.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Bridges wrote:

Thanks. I like setting in the outside courtyard at 82 Queen. During the shooting of "The Prince of Tides", this was one of the favorite hang outs of the cast and crew of the movie.

The Prince of Tides or The Lords of Discipline (by Pat Conroy) are excellent reading either before or during your trip for more background on this wonderful city.

Tom467 Loc: North Central Florida

I enjoy going to Beufort South Carolina and going on the carriage tours of the antebellum homes. The town was not destroyed during the Civil War.

PatrickAtty Loc: The Woodlands, TX

There is much to see in Charleston, which was one of the largest cities prior to the Civil War. I recommend the French Huguenot Church and cemetery and 2nd Presbyterian Church. i once talked my way into climbing the steeple of the 2nd Pres. Chur. If history is an interest, see the Jos. Manigault Home and the other old homes. Ask why the kitchens are detached. The Market is interesting. They play down that the Market was a slave market before the Civil War. The homes were built with virgin pine and have joists you cannot put your arms around. Many of the old homes in the Battery area have gardens, and you might be able to get access to them. I shot the attached photo on the Battery shortly after sunrise.

Also, as the locals say, at the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, the Atlantic Ocean is formed.

Fort Sumter is a usual tourist haunt, but across the mouth of the harbor in Mt. Pleasant is Fort Moultrie, a Revolutionary War battlement. It is the place of origin of the name "Palmetto State". On the Moultrie side, i once caught a 40" hammerhead shark fishing at the opening of the harbor.

One or two of the restaurants feature vegetables that they believe were as they grew 200 yrs. ago, along with original recipes.

It's fun to see if you can hire a boat and captain for a booze cruise of the harbor/photo safari.

Good luck.

Buckeye Loc: Dayton, OH.

PatrickAtty wrote:

There is much to see in Charleston, which was one ... (show quote)