Charleston; Day 1

Wandered about downtown Charleston today; a gorgeous day, temps high 50's, low 60's light breeze, blue sky. Sort of a nice way to wind down a bit. Our slip is located in such a way that when the freighters go by the wake rocks the boat, rather than rolling it. Last time we were here was kinda rough. This marina is city owned, which means that there are politics involved. Some needed things will get done, others won't. All in all, a decent place to park for a few days. Easy walking distance to down town, Harris Teeter's , etc.
So, the main thing we did today was a carriage tour of the historic sections of town. Interesting, and very informative. Even learned the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery. What we have in the pic are Dale, center, Dale Jr, on the left, and the ever lovely Virginia, on the right. Not shown is Gary, Dale's driver and chief narrator of the tour. There are 5 carriage companies in the city, with routes being assigned on an hourly basis by lottery. Yup, an old fashioned lottery machine spits out a colored ping pong ball for each carriage. The ball color corresponds to the route that carriage, and horse, will follow that hour. That way the horses' treatment and use can be monitored. Seemed like a pretty good system to me. Here's a three beer thought; could we use that in our political system some how?
 There are thousands of little alleys, dead end streets, fantastic buildings and churches. Interesting rule: no building may exceed 8 stories in height, 'cause you can't block any sight lines of the church steeples in town. Further,  anything that is over 75 years old cannot be touched. Guess they take history seriously here.

Philadelphia St

Stay warm, stay safe, catch you on the flip side.