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Cargo ship passing by Patriots Point Sorry for the delay entering this last day, but got sidetracked.
I woke up even earlier than necessary, so we decided to go ahead and pack up and check out of the motel at around 9am. Manoli decided she wanted to check out the Isle of Palms area before our tour of Ft. Sumter, so we headed out. We finally found it, but there weren't any good places to park, and it was pretty much just a residential beach community, so we just drove around a bit, then headed back to Patriots Point for our tour.
You have to pay $5 to enter the parking lot at Patriots Point, but they have a couple other tours from the same place, and the parking was very convenient. The other tours were a helicopter ride, a tour of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown along with a destroyer and submarine, and some sort of harbor cruise. We had already purchased tickets for the Ft. Sumter tour, so we checked in, got our actual tickets, and waited for the 10:30 boarding. They have a decent souvenir and gift shop, vending machines, and restrooms in the waiting area. We boarded on time and headed
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USS Yorktown out.
The trip to the island of Fort Sumter took about 30 minutes, with the captain making periodic announcements about places we passed. When we pulled into the fort, and everything was tight enough to safely deboard, we were directed to an area inside the fort for a Park Ranger to give us his introductory talk. He provided some very interesting and in-depth information about Fort Sumter, especially its pivotal part in the Civil War. I won't go into detail, but it was very enlightening. After the introduction, we were told we had about 40 minutes to freely look around before our boat left again at 12:25. It was enough time to pretty much walk all around the fort and read most of the historical signs and stories involving Fort Sumter and the other forts nearby. At 12:25 we reboarded and returned to Patriots Point.
Since it was lunchtime, we decided we wanted to eat someplace different before we left Charleston. We ended up picking a place called the Vicious Biscuit. They supposedly had the best and most unusual dishes made with delicious biscuits. Manoli and I both picked their signature dish, The Vicious. It was consists of
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Our boat to Fort Sumter a Cheddar & jalapeƱo biscuit, crispy fried chicken breast, signature maple sausage gravy, house cowboy candy, and a maple syrup drizzle. Both my wife and I agreed it was delicious! While we ate, we decided to make one last stop on the way home, to find an interesting plant we'd seen at the Magnolia Plantation, and several other places since. Its hard to describe, but to me, it was like a birdbath made from a leaf. Unfortunately, the nursery found, Meeting Green, not only didn't have any nor even know what we were talking about. Fortunately, my wife found a very neat little succulent in the shape of a heart. She also found a flowering bush she liked, so bought it and four of the succulents, to find out after getting the bill that they cost $10 each! Oh well, it was our anniversary and she loved them.
We continued home, arriving about 5pm. It was a very fun and interesting anniversary trip, and will be hard to outdo next year. I hope you enjoyed my blogs about it, along with the accompanying photos.
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