Charleston Anniversary Trip pt. 2

The first thing we did when we arrived to Charleston on Sunday was a sailing trip on The Schooner Pride.  It was such a perfect way to kick off our little vacation! The weather was absolutely perfect that day... 80 degrees of sunshine and blue skies.  There were so many playful dolphins too! They were a bit too quick and spontaneous for a picture but we have a bit of video footage of them and their cuteness. Once we docked we went back to the apartment, ordered takeout, and chilled on the couch... the drive from Wisconsin had officially taken a toll and we were ready to recharge. After all, we still had two full days of exploring ahead of us. 

    On our last full day in Charleston we decided to drive out 15 minutes to the Boone Hall Plantation. This late 1600s plantation is the very same one that inspired many of Gone with the Wind's scenes/sets and where The Notebook was filmed (AKA Allie's house). The drive in through the "Avenue of Oaks" (the nearly one-mile rows of oak trees originally planted in 1743) is absolutely stunning and so whimsical. After taking it all in it was decided that our future home must have big oak trees with Spanish moss on them. 

Charleston Anniversary Trip pt. 1

    About a week ago Sean and I embarked on one of our longest road trips to date... a seventeen hour car ride to the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina.  This trip came about when we decided to celebrate our six years of togetherness a month earlier this year because of our busy schedule for April.  After surviving a very brutal winter up here in Wisconsin, Charleston truly became paradise the minute we drove in. With its temperature in the 80s, sunshine, palm trees, and the Atlantic Ocean, how could it not?

   We stayed in a beautiful upstairs apartment inside of a late Victorian château in the Historic District.  Located just two blocks from the famous King Street and within walking distance to the docks.  The day after we got there Sean had a big project to finish so I got to do a bit of solo exploring. That mostly consisted of quite a bit of shopping at the City Market and checking out a couple art galleries. When I got back to the apartment the project had been submitted so Sean was ready to explore and I was more than eager to show him around. I put on the dress I had just bought a couple hours before and we set out for a stroll on the boardwalk. We got to see Rainbow Row, explore some alleys (seriously, even the alleys are breathtaking), and catch a stunning sunset. After dinner at the Fleet Landing we just walked around till the wee hours of the morning.  You can be sure no morning alarm was set for the next day.