Coming back to Charleston

Kristal and I left from Memphis bright an early on Wednesday to get ready for the 12 hour long haul to Charleston, SC, where I spent much of my youth.  We got in around 7 and saw my buddy Jason who has been a close family friend since I was 7 years old. It was great to catch up with him and find out how his family is doing.  After grabbing some dinner and watching Minute to Win It, we went to a bar on the marina called Salty Mikes.  We had a good time there; it was a nice location right on the lake front.

This morning we went to the Jason's parents place for brunch, and again it was great to catch up. I haven't seen them in about 6 or 7 years, so it was nice to share some stories with them. They will be family friends for life.  From there, I took Kristal down to Kiawah Island to show her my old house. She didn't seem too impressed with it lol. I then showed her the new hotel on the island called the Sanctuary.  It was reallllly nice with an awesome pool that had a pillar shooting waterfalls of water from each side. After enjoying some of the warm Atlantic Ocean water on the extremely smooth sand, we packed up and headed over to Porter Gaud to check out my the school I went to from 1st grade to 9th. Not much had changed outside of a new weight room and some movements in department locations. After driving around downtown for a bit, it was time to hit Mt. Pleasant to see my buddy John.

We got to his place and watched some of The Dark Knight. That movie never gets old. After catching up with his parents for a bit, we went to Poe's for some good burgers. It's called Poe's because Edgar Allen Poe spent some time in Charleston and was inspired to write "The Gold Bug." From there, we swung into downtown to see a few buddies of mine from school.  We came back to John's and caught most of the first episode of Hard Knocks. I had never seen the show before since I don't have HBO, but it was really entertaining and I'm gonna do my best to find the episodes somewhere.

Well this ends our journey of the South.  Now its time to head to the North East, where its only going to be 85 degrees everyday! Thanks for reading.