Parents visit!

Mom and Dad came to visit on Thursday, and just left today. It was an almost perfect last-hurrah around Chucktown. Perfect would have been above-freezing weather when they arrived and not getting soaked today!
While I was at work, Mom and Dad toured downtown, Ft Sumter, one of the museum mansions, Middleton Place Plantation, and a bunch of other fun stuff. In the evenings we had good food, walked around, and relaxed.

This morning we rolled out of breakfast and headed to Shem Creek. A drizzle turned into a straight up rain, and we were soaked as we came back from the boardwalk.
After changing into dry pants we went out to Ft Moultrie, which displayed 200 years of defensive history on Sullivan's Island. The original fort was palmetto logs with dirt behind. They held off British ships at during the revolution. Instead of splintering, the logs flexed when shots hit them.

It's pointed at Sumter.

In the civil was Moultrie was held by the Confederates. It was from there that the shots starting the Civil War were fired. The fort was modernized during the Spanish-American war, and was fully manned as part of the coastal defenses during the 1st and 2nd World Wars.

After one last bout of Barbecue at Firey Ron's and a walk on the beach, Mom and dad packed up and headed back to WA. There's a light at the end of the tunnel - I'll be following them home soon(ish)!