Kim and I make several trips to Florida each year. We have started splitting the drive south into two parts. We usually leave after work and drive for about four or five hours and then stop for the night somewhere near the South Carolina/Georgia border.

Last Thursday we left home and headed south toward Kim's parent's house in Poinciana, Florida. The difference this time was that I had taken the day off. So, we able to leave earlier, which allowed us to do a little more than sleep when we made our stop.

We choose to stop in Charleston, South Carolina. I had been to Charleston once before when I was like ten, and Kim had never been before. We didn't have a plan. We just got off of I-95 where the sign said Charleston and figured we would work it out from there.

We ended up at a visitor's center. There we watched a thirty-five minute film on the history of Charleston, Forever Charleston. It was a great introduction to the city. There were several things that we would have overlooked had we not watched the movie.

After watching the movie, we spoke with a visitor's center employee and she suggested we walk down to the City Market. Kim and I took the eight-block walk and then briefly walked around the market. We didn't do much shopping as most of the vendors were packing up for the day, and we were on a different mission. We were in search of a good place to have dinner.


We ended up at a small place called Jestine's Kitchen. It was a home cookin' joint, famous for fried chicken and gumbo. We had to wait in line outside until tables opened up. The line was around the corner. So, we knew this place must be good. Dinner was great and the chocolate coke-a-cola cake was incredible.

After dinner, we got back on the road and made our way to our hotel, which was a few hours down the road in Brunswick, Georgia. Charleston seemed like a cool city with much more to explore. We will be back.

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