This past week my sister, my mom and my step dad came to visit us in Charleston! They were our first official house guests and we enjoyed spending time with them and exploring the city together all week.
On their first day in town we decided to show them some of the classic spots in downtown Charleston, starting with the epitome of tourist attractions — the carriage tour! There are many many many carriage tour companies in town but we decided to go with Palmetto Carriage in the big red barn.
Note in the background the surrey with the fringe on top, made classic in none other than the musical "Oklahoma."
The big red barn also had a small petting zoo of sorts inside.
Mom and Larry enjoying the covered carriage tour. Along the way we learned about some of the historic homes in Charleston and classic Charleston architecture.
John, me and Sarah enjoying the ride.
After the tour we took them to the Charleston City Market (AKA gauntlet of crap)
We ended our downtown trek at the Battery and checking out some of the beautiful houses South of Broad (aka the ritzy area on the tip of the peninsula).
That night we took the family to James Island County Park for a reggae concert in the park. We were all pretty tired so we didn't last long. But we stayed long enough to enjoy some great music and of course, some boiled peanuts.
The boiled peanuts won Mom and Larry over. Sarah not so much.
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