Charleston

We finally found warm weather! And the big surprise - no humidity! We enjoyed a quick second visit here. We knew we wanted to do another carriage ride through historic Charleston, walk through the market and have low country boil for lunch and we did all three! This time we also visited the only tea plantation in North America and saw how tea is made. Since I love tea, this was especially interesting to me and I learned a lot! There were acres and acres of tea plants, an evergreen that is disease and insect resistant. The new growth from May to September is "mowed" off the top whenever there is new growth of more than 3".



This time of year the plants are just starting to bloom - small white flowers.


With such beautiful weather, we spent a day at Folly Beach near Charleston. It was the typical beach area, but relaxing to just sit and listen to the surf.