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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Atlanta Trip - July 22nd & 23rd
The day after we got back from our trip, I was off to Atlanta to shop with Marieta. I didn't know when reserving this trip that we were going to SC. So this past week had been pretty busy, which was OK!!
We went to the new Atlantic Station. It's really cool. It's like a city within a city. A town of shops so to speak. They have the streets blocked off on the main shopping section and all the parking is underneath it. Above the stores are apartments & lofts. There are also condo's and other Flats nearby and also an Ikea (which is really neat). It's so large that it has it's own zip code! I didn't take any pictures, but I copied some off of the internet. I couldn't find any good ones! We ate dinner at FOX Sports Grill.
This shows the parking decks underneath the city and here's a photo inside FOX Sports Grill.
We went to the new Atlantic Station. It's really cool. It's like a city within a city. A town of shops so to speak. They have the streets blocked off on the main shopping section and all the parking is underneath it. Above the stores are apartments & lofts. There are also condo's and other Flats nearby and also an Ikea (which is really neat). It's so large that it has it's own zip code! I didn't take any pictures, but I copied some off of the internet. I couldn't find any good ones! We ate dinner at FOX Sports Grill.
This shows the parking decks underneath the city and here's a photo inside FOX Sports Grill.
Myrtle Beach - July 17-19
Our friends Chad & Kate moved to Myrtle Beach on the 15th of July. They both got teaching jobs there. We thought we would go barge in on them and help them settle into there apartment. Unfortunately they wouldn't let us do anything. So we all mainly just played. After arriving Monday around 6 Eastern time we went and ate dinner & went directly to the beach to let Cailey know that we were really at the beach! She loved it and danced all in the water!! Didn't take long for her to be soaked waste down!
First thing on Tuesday, off to the beach!! It was great not having to battle with the wind like our Destin trip.
Richard, what are you doing?? hehe
Tuesday night, Chad had a Band meeting so the rest of us went to Broadway at the Beach. This was a really cool place with tons of stuff!! This is where the aquarium is along with many resturants including the Hard Rock, Planet Holleywood, etc. They also have a movie theater, putt-putt, Kids amusement park, hotels and tons of shopping. There is a lake in the middle of everything and they have bridges that go accross. They have a playground so we stopped to let Cailey get out of her stroller for a bit and play. We ate dinner at Joe's Crabshack. Afterwards they had a huge firework show.
Kate & Cailey
This is the back of the Aquarium.
These pictures are for You Monica!! =)
Wednesday we ate lunch at a place called Dick's Last Resort. The place & the servers just cracked me up! They are all smartallecks! They make paper hats for everyone and write funny remarks or sayings on them. Like Cailey's said "Butt sniffer", Kates had a thought bubble saying "Did I wipe?", I also had a thought bubble saying "These people suck!", Chad's said "I miss prison showers" and Richard's was "Big as a house, hung like a mouse". Funny!
Someone at another table had a birthday. The waitress yells out "Hey, it's this kids birthday! Do we care?" and everyone yells back "NO!". And that was that! =) But the food was really good!
Another trip to play at the beach! Cailey's loves it! This is a good beach to look for seashells, which is what she had so much fun doing with Chad & Kate.
Our last night in Myrtle Beach, trying to decide what to do, we couldn't resist going to the Ripley's Aquarium. We've gone to the one in Gatlinburg, so we wanted to check this one out too! Gotta love the tunnels! After hearing all of us do the Jaws thing, you know what I'm talking about, Cailey would do it when the sharks would come by. She was a little afraid at first, but she quickly got over it.
Well, that was our trip to Myrtle Beach, now Off to Charleston!
First thing on Tuesday, off to the beach!! It was great not having to battle with the wind like our Destin trip.
Richard, what are you doing?? hehe
Tuesday night, Chad had a Band meeting so the rest of us went to Broadway at the Beach. This was a really cool place with tons of stuff!! This is where the aquarium is along with many resturants including the Hard Rock, Planet Holleywood, etc. They also have a movie theater, putt-putt, Kids amusement park, hotels and tons of shopping. There is a lake in the middle of everything and they have bridges that go accross. They have a playground so we stopped to let Cailey get out of her stroller for a bit and play. We ate dinner at Joe's Crabshack. Afterwards they had a huge firework show.
Kate & Cailey
This is the back of the Aquarium.
These pictures are for You Monica!! =)
Wednesday we ate lunch at a place called Dick's Last Resort. The place & the servers just cracked me up! They are all smartallecks! They make paper hats for everyone and write funny remarks or sayings on them. Like Cailey's said "Butt sniffer", Kates had a thought bubble saying "Did I wipe?", I also had a thought bubble saying "These people suck!", Chad's said "I miss prison showers" and Richard's was "Big as a house, hung like a mouse". Funny!
Someone at another table had a birthday. The waitress yells out "Hey, it's this kids birthday! Do we care?" and everyone yells back "NO!". And that was that! =) But the food was really good!
Another trip to play at the beach! Cailey's loves it! This is a good beach to look for seashells, which is what she had so much fun doing with Chad & Kate.
Our last night in Myrtle Beach, trying to decide what to do, we couldn't resist going to the Ripley's Aquarium. We've gone to the one in Gatlinburg, so we wanted to check this one out too! Gotta love the tunnels! After hearing all of us do the Jaws thing, you know what I'm talking about, Cailey would do it when the sharks would come by. She was a little afraid at first, but she quickly got over it.
Well, that was our trip to Myrtle Beach, now Off to Charleston!
Charleston, SC - Thursday July 20th
We left Myrtle Beach Thursday for Charleston. It was about a 2hr drive. I hated not to go since it was so close. On our way down Hwy 17, we saw a sign for Hampton Plantation Historic Site. So we decided to check it out. It was built somewhere around 1730-1750, but in the 1780's it was transitioned to the mansion pictured. It was a Rice Plantation. George Washington visited the house in 1791. We peeked inside, but did not go in as they charged $4 a person and we didn't have any cash. The huge tree in front of the house is named the George Washington Oak. When he visited the home the owner said that they were planning on cutting down the tree as it interfered with the front view of the home and he told her not to. So a limb is braced with a telephone pole and held up with a cable!!
Here we are coming across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge into Charleston. The Picture turned out pretty decent considering I was in the backseat and taking it through the front windshield!
It replaced the existing truss bridges and opened July 2005. It is North America's longest cable stay span bridge. I'm just so full of knowledge. ;) The second photo was off the internet. The old Bridge that is pictured beside it is no longer there.
After Cailey got a nap and we found a parking spot, we headed to the market and to eat lunch. Luckily where we wanted to go (Bubba Gump Shrimp) was on market Street. So it was all very convenient and all in walking distance. If you ever get a chance to eat at a Bubba Gump, do so. It was so fun and really good!!
After eating lunch we strolled through the market. We had such a great time looking at all the neat stuff. We did get a few things from the market. These pictures are just some I found on the internet. We didn't take any, but I wanted you to see it. It is 3 or 4 sections long.
Here we are on The Battery. There are great views of the Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter. There was such a nice cool breeze here!! Had to get some pictures in front of the famous "Pink Palace". I read on the internet that Oprah owns one of the mansions on the Battery.
Here's Cailey on a Cannon in the White Point Gardens. My mission was now complete! =)
Me & Cailey in the Park. Here's a little historical tidbit that I found: During the early 18th century, the park was used as the home of the gallows, where Stede Bonnet - the "gentleman pirate" - and dozens of others were hanged. By 1837, the land was in use as a public garden.
Interesting.
Here are some houses that are across the street from the White Point Gardens. The 2nd & 3rd pictures are of the Meeting house. It is a B&B now. Like a lot of the old buildings are. We picked up a brochure while walking by. Prices are like $200-$500 a night!
Our last stop in Charleston before heading out to find a hotel was The Angel Oak on John's Island. It is estimated to be over 1400 years old! Unfortunately we got there about an hour after the park had closed. There is a fence around it, but Richard was still able to get some pretty good pictures of it. It's amazing!
We stayed the night at Comfort Suites in Summerville, SC right outside of Charleston. I think this was the first time I had wrapped Cailey in a towel like this. She loved it and danced around all over the room.
On the way back home on Friday. Couldn't resist taking these pictures. She was so pooped! We had a great trip and we are looking forward to going back to Charleston for a longer stay!
Here we are coming across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge into Charleston. The Picture turned out pretty decent considering I was in the backseat and taking it through the front windshield!
It replaced the existing truss bridges and opened July 2005. It is North America's longest cable stay span bridge. I'm just so full of knowledge. ;) The second photo was off the internet. The old Bridge that is pictured beside it is no longer there.
After Cailey got a nap and we found a parking spot, we headed to the market and to eat lunch. Luckily where we wanted to go (Bubba Gump Shrimp) was on market Street. So it was all very convenient and all in walking distance. If you ever get a chance to eat at a Bubba Gump, do so. It was so fun and really good!!
After eating lunch we strolled through the market. We had such a great time looking at all the neat stuff. We did get a few things from the market. These pictures are just some I found on the internet. We didn't take any, but I wanted you to see it. It is 3 or 4 sections long.
Here we are on The Battery. There are great views of the Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter. There was such a nice cool breeze here!! Had to get some pictures in front of the famous "Pink Palace". I read on the internet that Oprah owns one of the mansions on the Battery.
Here's Cailey on a Cannon in the White Point Gardens. My mission was now complete! =)
Me & Cailey in the Park. Here's a little historical tidbit that I found: During the early 18th century, the park was used as the home of the gallows, where Stede Bonnet - the "gentleman pirate" - and dozens of others were hanged. By 1837, the land was in use as a public garden.
Interesting.
Here are some houses that are across the street from the White Point Gardens. The 2nd & 3rd pictures are of the Meeting house. It is a B&B now. Like a lot of the old buildings are. We picked up a brochure while walking by. Prices are like $200-$500 a night!
Our last stop in Charleston before heading out to find a hotel was The Angel Oak on John's Island. It is estimated to be over 1400 years old! Unfortunately we got there about an hour after the park had closed. There is a fence around it, but Richard was still able to get some pretty good pictures of it. It's amazing!
We stayed the night at Comfort Suites in Summerville, SC right outside of Charleston. I think this was the first time I had wrapped Cailey in a towel like this. She loved it and danced around all over the room.
On the way back home on Friday. Couldn't resist taking these pictures. She was so pooped! We had a great trip and we are looking forward to going back to Charleston for a longer stay!
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