Sun. 9/16/07 ~ Ready, Aim, Fire on Fort Sumter!

We left the Hilton Head/Savannah area and drove Highway 17 north to Charleston. The trip was less than 100 miles and we arrived around 10:30 in the morning. We checked into the Oak Plantation Campground and headed for Fort Sumter. We used the gps which actually took us to the wrong location and we ended up at Fort Moultrie. We watched a short film and took a quickie tour of the fort and then drove back to Patriot’s Point to catch the boat over to Fort Sumter. We got there about 2:00 and they only allowed 1 hour for seeing the fort which was really not long enough. Two hours would be a lot more realistic but it was interesting. After Fort Sumter we drove back into Charleston and had dinner at the Hyman Seafood Restaurant. The restaurant had been recommended by a neighbor who had visited Charleston and it certainly lived up to its reputation. We got a map of the historic district and drove down to The Battery where canons were placed to fire on Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War. We walked along the waterfront and looked at a few of the beautiful old mansions before returning home for the evening.