South Carolina Vacation...

We vacationed in the Carolinas this summer, stopping first in North Carolina to visit our good friends the Riverons and then driving down to Charleston, South Carolina and Kiawah Island for the second half of our trip.

Many thanks to our friends Jon and Jayne Roddy for inviting us to join them, the Reids and Julie at a wonderful vacation home on beautiful Kiawah Island

Click the links below to jump ahead: A Day at Mrytle Beach, South Carolina Arriving at Kiawah Island Downtown Charelston and Magnolia Gardens Plantation A Bicycle Ride to the Kiawah Island Pool Fishing and Wildlife Around Kiawah Island Kids Having Fun on the Beach Enjoying an Evening out in Charleston Bohicket Marina

Before heading to down to Charleston, we spent one day in Myrtle Beach at Marriot Resort and Spa at Grande Dunes..

Arriving at the vacation house on Kiawah Island, a quick trip to the beach and some early evening fishing...

We drove into Charleston for the day where we visited historic downtown and then ventured to the famous Magnolia Gardens rice plantation...

We stopped in the Old Slave Mart Museum for a fascinating and sad look back at Charleston's slave trade history.

The Magnolia Gardens plantation home...

Preserved Slave Dwellings which were still in use late inton the 20 century by free decesdents of original slaves who stayed with the planation to work as gardeners. The head gardner to this day is descended from a slave who was loyal to the original owning Drayton family.

Riding our bikes to the Kiawah Island pool...

Fishing at various Kiawah Island ponds and taking in the various water fowl and, of course, the alligators...

Images of the kids having fun at the beach....

A night out in downtown Charelston...

Visiting Bohicket Marina where on our last day we caught the weigh-ins from a deap sea fishing tournament...

The kids form an impromptu umbrella shelter...

Additional images of the house...