Day 4 - Charleston

Spent the whole day at Middleton Plantation, mostly because we started with a tour of the former rice field and learning about rice growing in South Carolina, and the enslaved people on whose backs the fortunes were made. The tour guide is a manager at Middleton, and we talked about many other things as well. Now, of course, it looks like beautiful landscape complete with alligators sunning on the banks. Didn't get close enough for a picture of one! The picture here is a former rice field. The formal gardens felt strange (the Middletons seen too have thought they were English royalty) but would certainly be stunning in the spring with all the camelias and azaleas in bloom.

Another yummy dinner, this time grouper cheeks with butternut squash raviolis. Side note: the only rice we've seen on menus is Cajun red rice. We want to try some Carolina gold....

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