So, what do you do for a day, when the son you are visiting needs to actually go and earn his living?  We turned to the app WalknTours.  This app has recorded tours in a variety of cities.  It uses your phone GPS to take you on a tour of the city, giving you detailed information on where you are at and directions to the next tour stop.  We used it to do a walking tour of the Charleston French Quarter. 

It was very informative, and allowed you to go at your own pace.  The price is very reasonable.  It was a gray and rainy day, and we were soaked by the end, but it was still a pretty good day. 

We met Nate in the evening for a dinner at the Shakey Crab, which was more fabulous seafood, in the low-country-boil style.  The tablecloth was from a paper roll, and the food was served to you in a plastic bag, but it was delicious.

Saturday was planned as a day for Tom and Nate to hit the water on SUP boards.  However, the winds picked up, with winds at 14 MPH, and gusts to 18.  Anyone who has been on a SUP in the wind knows that it is just not the very definition of fun, so we re-routed to a walk on the beach which, although it was still windy and overcast, it was not an exercise in futility.

Sunday was great fun.  We scheduled a private auto tour of Charleston, mainly focused on barbeque, a brewery and a distillery.  At the brewery, there was also an axe throwing range.  Now, I’m not certain that OSHA would endorse this co-existence, but it was kept safe, and we had great fun.  The key to success seems to be to developing a consistent throw.  I now have the confidence of knowing that if someone attacks me, and they are exactly 15 feet away, and I happen to be carrying a specific type/brand of axe then I could probably do them in (2 times out of 3).  That one goes on my resume!

Of course, no trip to Charleston would be complete without a trip to the Angel Oak. It is estimated to be between 400 and 500 years old. It stands on land which was formerly a plantation, and is said to be haunted by the ghosts of formerly enslaved persons.

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