Charleston
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Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC
December 2025
I've always heard good things about Charleston but I was perturbed by the expensive flights. But on my quest to go somewhere warm after Christmas I decided on this loop from Charlotte to Congaree to Savannah to Charleston and back to Charlotte. Flying in and out of CLT was like $150 as opposed to $600 to Charleston or Savannah.
I was determined not to visit any plantations or buy related products so we stuck with the downtown areas like the riverwalk and Rainbow Row.
We were graced with this amazing sunset on the pier our first night here. I honestly didn't even edit the color or contrast that much.
This is one of my favorite pictures from Charleston. I think it really captures the feeling of the city.
Have I mentioned I like bridges?
I watched from the pier for a good 20 minutes while this crane was removing the caissons from new underwater concrete piers to build some sort of roof over a dock.
I crafted our itinerary so I could get a bridge pic at sunset!
The USS Yorktown can be seen from around the city
The South Carolina Aquarium has a rescued Bald Eagle named Liberty that apparently they let eat fish out of their tanks sometimes. I like that with a camera the fence is almost invisible with the wide aperture.
I saw a lot of pelicans! This is cropped way in because I only brought my 50mm prime lens, but I'm surprised how sharp it stayed.
This barge grabbed two more caissons before a tug escorted them further inland under the bridge.
This container ship passed us on the riverwalk. I checked Marine Traffic and it's a container ship from Japan that came through the Panama Canal! The port of Charleston has a HUGE lot for imported cars, so I guess this must be cheaper than hauling hundreds or thousands of cars across the country.
"You know about the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, Minnie? Largest dry shipping container co. on God's green earth? Who do you think does sysops for them?"
Sorry not sorry for the potato phone pic, I just really appreciated this dumpster company that I saw several of.
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
Sadly my America the Beautiful pass didn't help me here since a private ferry service controls the only access to Fort Sumter. But it was still my sixth National Park Service property in the past year!
Of course the coldest day of our trip was the one we took a boat out into the ocean.
The first part of the tour was raising a 33-star American flag at the fort.
Another view of the USS Yorktown from the fort.
Brad was really excited to take this picture of me
USS Yorktown
USS Yorktown
We did actually visit the Yorktown, not just photograph it from across the harbor. This was the last thing we did on our way out of Charleston before driving up to Charlotte for our flight. I woke up sick this day so I kind of just suffered through this tour and nodded when Brad said something to me.
The USS Lafferty next door
Yet another viewpoint of the bridge
It was crazy seeing people boating on New Years Eve.
Not Charleston but we flew over a frozen Lake Erie before arriving at DTW. It was a 717 so the whole left side has rows of 2 seats, so I finally got a window seat for once in my life. Highly recommend flying on New Years Day btw, it was cheap and not busy at all!
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