Charleston - April 28

This morning while Darrell was working with yet another boat issue, Beth went walking around the historic Charleston area. Many of the side streets are still the brick or cobblestone of years ago. Some are in pretty rough shape and cars driving on those roads are going very slowly. There were some workers repairing one area of brick road so the city does maintain them.

There are quite a few churches here. St. Michael’s Episcopal church is the white church with the white steeple. During the Revolutionary war people decided to paint the steeple black so that it wouldn’t be such a target. Upon painting it black, it was discovered to be an excellent target against the blue sky. This church was not open so Beth was unable to go inside, but did walk around the cemetery. One headstone in this cemetery was for 6 children from the same family. It wasn’t from an epidemic, the dates of death were many different years.

The Huguenot Church of Charleston was founded in 1687 by French Protestant refugees who fled from France’s continuing religious persecutions. The church is very beautiful inside and the liturgy they use has been translated into English from French. There are many weddings held in this church and you don’t need to be a member or a Huguenot. The fees charged for the rental of the church helps the congregation keep the church maintained.

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church is the oldest church in Charleston. It was established in 1680, and is the oldest Anglican congregation south of Virginia. It also is beautiful inside and has a pipe organ with trumpet pipes in the back of the church. Beth was told it makes a magnificent sound.

The Circular Congregational Church was not open, but the grounds were. The cemetery was well maintained and the church building very unique. Beth wished she could have gone inside.

After lunch, Darrell took the bike and went looking for a hardware store. He found the hardware store but they didn’t have what he needed.

We found out our fixed transmission was sent to the mechanic last Friday, and are now waiting to hear from the mechanic when he will be able to install it. We are hoping tomorrow morning. NEWS JUST IN! The Mechanic will be here tomorrow morning. HOORAY!