On the third we were expecting my brother and his family to arrive in Charleston. We also knew that we might be in for a hectic weekend so we figured that taking the day off to rest up would be the perfect idea and that is exactly what we did.
David, Yvonne and the kids arrived around 8:00 PM, EST. We stayed up until 3:00 AM, EST talking about everything from the Coast Guard to computers! It was the first time we had seen each other in over 6 months so there was a lot to catch up on.
In the morning, everyone got up, and after a quick breakfast, we tried to figure out what to do for the day. I mentioned an open air market that was downtown and everyone thought that would be fun to wander around.
We decided that we would take the trolley downtown. Mike and I had done this previously and it was a pretty fun trip. We made it downtown and then wandered through the market. There were several interesting displays but nothing that piqued anyone's interest enough to buy. Just as we finished going through the market, we decided that we really needed something to eat. Thus began the search for food!
One person told us about a pizza place that was relatively close. Unfortunately, she did not know her left from her right and we didn't find the pizza place. Finally, we found a pub and had lunch there.
After lunch, we started wandering slowly towards a place where we could catch a trolley back to the marina. As we were going, we found the pizza place that we had been searching for. We continued on to the trolley stop and began our wait. All three kids were starting to get very tired and that translated into fussy arguments followed by manic attempts to stay awake. We decided that we all needed to take a nap when we got back to the boat, and that is exactly what we did.
It was peaceful for 2 hours. Everyone was crashed out hard. Finally, Mike and I got up and started fixing dinner while the kids watched TV. Everyone else got up shortly after that. The rest of the evening went quickly as we played Mill Bournes and Pigs. Everyone turned in by 11:00 PM EST; it had been a tiring day!
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