We’re starting our third day here in Charleston. So far, we’ve been to downtown a couple of times. We went to the Old Exchange and Provost, one of the oldest buildings in the US. It’s the building where South Carolina delegates met to vote to ratify the Constitution. Yesterday, we took a boat out Fort Sumter. It was something of a pilgrimage. The fort was full of monuments to the Union general that initially defended and re-took the fort from Confederate possession, but at least the Confederate flags were flown in the fort. Also, surprisingly, the narration from the park rangers was actually slightly balanced and factually correct. They mentioned twice that the abolition of slavery was not a cause of the Union’s declaration of war. We’ve hit two different restaurants in downtown Charleston. We did the Southend Brewery and a Southern cookin’ joint called Jestine’s Kitchen, which was awesome. We had corn bread, fried green ‘maters, fried oyster po-boy, fried chicken, fried okra, collard greens, pecan pie, and ‘nanner puddin’. There was some yankee scum in there whom Rebecca overheard asking his friend what collard greens were. Houston’s been great so far, it’s been a pleasure to go see all the sites with him. Other than taking extra time to feed and change him, it’s really not affected our travels at all. Today, we’re going to try to see the Confederate submarine, the H. L. Hunley. Also, I just tried South Carolina, mustard-based BBQ for the first time. Awesome! I just had a couple bites of my buddy’s sandwhich. I’ll have to head up to Melvin’s and try a full meal. We’ll post pictures of our travels when we get back home and Rebecca can tweak her pictures.