Charleston with the Odums

A trip to South Carolina to visit Larry and Donna Odum was our next stop on our vacation.  Beautiful weather and interesting sights.  They took us to Charleston and we saw some interesting and amazing things.  

Some of the homes we saw were incredible.  I cannot imagine living in such a lap of luxury plus having all those rooms to maintain.  I know they can afford domestic help so they don't actually clean it.

We drove down this cobblestone street and to say it was rough is an understatement.

We drove through the grounds of the Citidel.  The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, commonly known simply as The Citadel, is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina. Established in 1842, it is one of six senior military colleges in the United States.

There were plenty of people walking around dressed in their military uniforms.

It seemed to be quite a large, spread-out campus with the green space right in the middle.

These homes are part of Rainbow Row.

All in a row, painted different colors.

We went to the Slave Market.  It isn't where slaves were sold but rather a place where they could bring their wares to sell.  It really is a giant flea market.  We walked through three buildings and each one was just like the last one.  I finally turned us around so we could leave.

This is another one of the "homes" we saw.  It was for sale.  I can't recall the amount of millions the seller was asking.

Out on the horizon you can see Fort Sumter.  Two forts stand at the entrance of Charleston Harbor. Patriots inside a palmetto log fort, later named Fort Moultrie, defeated the Royal Navy in 1776. As Charleston blazed a path towards secession to preserve slavery, construction on a new fort, Fort Sumter, proceeded. The Confederacy fired on the US garrison of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom.

Another one of those big mansions that someone calls home.

This type of big gun was used to fire on Fort Sumter.

The oddest thing pointed out to us is the open porches on the homes.  They are accessed through a side door which is usually locked.  What?  If someone wants to get in, the porch is open.  Weird.