We Finally Went to Charleston!

After not making it to Charleston last weekend, we finally travelled up there this past weekend. We had the best time with all of David's friends, who had gathered for a 30th birthday celebration of David's friend from the Citadel, Brian. It's been a minute since I have been to Charleston, so it was wonderful getting to go up there and spend a little bit of time, no matter how brief.

David was chomping at the bit on Friday evening to go up and see his friends, so as soon as I arrived in Savannah I basically threw my stuff in his car and we were off to Charleston. It made for a very long day, but it wasn't too bad. Plus, I could just sit back and relax while David drove. Mr. Moxley army crawled his way to the front seat despite our protests and efforts to keep him in the back. He was determined to come sit with me, and he succeeded.

He is so big, it was hard to budge him. I really thought I was going to have to hold him for the entire 2 hour drive up to Charleston. He was a big fan of the front seat. AC, a nice view, and me. What's not to love? We finally got him safely into the backseat, so thankfully he cooperated.

David has become somewhat of a pyromaniac since going to Lake Hartwell. He has a new love of fireworks, all beginning when I wrote this post. We had to stop in Hardeeville, SC at the huge fireworks stand for David to get some supplies for the weekend.

 This place was massive. I liked that they had a tv going that previewed all of the fireworks boxes, so you know what they do before you buy them.

David was a happy camper after getting his fireworks. He was truly like a kid in a candy shop. Needless to say, all of the guys this weekend were in hog heaven playing with these things. A poor trashcan wasn't as happy about it, after they exploded a homemade (yes) M80 in it that I swear made the windows in the house shake.

Saturday, we decided to hit up the beach. We opted to go to Edisto Beach about an hour outside of Charleston instead of Folly Beach. I loved Edisto. It was so beautiful. I wish I had taken my camera to take some photos. Gorgeous drive and gorgeous part of the country. I really didn't take many photos this weekend. Wish I would have though. Oh well!

After the beach, we got ready to go to dinner. We all went to Pearlz Oyster Bar in Charleston. It was delish. I would totally recommend it!

Soon it was Sunday and I was bummed that we didn't really get to tool around downtown Charleston. So after brunch, David and I headed out to go home. We did however, take a brief detour downtown so that David could show me a few sights before we came back. We were all excited! Even Mox.

David drove me around the Battery and through downtown Charleston. I had forgotten how beautiful Charleston is! I loved the Ashley River (of course, what can be bad about a river named Ashley? ha!!)

Or the best road in Charleston? A road named Ashley? Hmm..

I'm a dork, so please excuse me!
The only stop that we did make in Charleston was the Citadel. We had the dog with us, so we couldn't really do too much. David gave me a drive thru tour and we stopped at the bookstore. I really enjoyed my tour. The Citadel is a gorgeous campus and David was so cute telling me stories about everything.

I was even able to get a picture of the Barracks with David's company letter painted on the wall.

 If the barracks weren't locked, I would have totally gotten our picture taken inside by the "I" maybe our next trip we can :-) Or I guess there is always photoshop. Ha!

Well, that's it considering my limited picture taking over the weekend. Now it's back to the daily grind of work. Sigh...