Fort Sumter - Joey's perspective
Today, we knocked another items off the Team HillaJoe hit list - Fort Sumter. Yes, there is a list but I'll keep you guessing as to what is on it. All I can say is that there is tequila on it at least twice and there are 2 fewer things on it now that at the start of the day.
Back to Fort Sumter.
The trip out gave me a broad view of the harbor, almost all of which was new to me. When leaving Patriot's point, you can see the Arthur Ravenel bridge off in the distance to the right.
The ferry landing is right next to the Yorktown aircraft carrier. It has an interesting history that spans 70 years (as of this year) and includes active duty in 2 wars (WWII and the Vietnam conflict) and time as a recovery vessel for the Apollo 8 mission. I'll go back to visit that ship sometime to see it all for myself.
The ferry ride out to Fort Sumter was unhurried and there was plenty of time to look around and see things from a perspective you can't get while driving around. For example, when driving around charleston, you don't normally see a bushel of kids crowded around your front bumper. On the ferry you do.
The kids were full of wonder and 10,000,00 questions that adults don't know to ask outloud. Kid question #1: "What did they do our here if the didn't have the Internet?". Hmmm, I think that was actually my question. Real question from Kid #1 when looking at the Yorktown: "I wonder how that thing can float?" ( i muttered something about displacement to myself after I heard that one). Real questions from Kid #2: "Is this where people died?". Actually a good question worth asking out loud. Anyway, I enjoyed the kids there, they have their filter is normally off and they haven't yet mislearned that they can't ask questions.
Overall Fort Sumter was enjoyable and informative. There were a few enthusiatic tour guides that spoke loud enough that you could wander a little and still listen. The signage was informative and gave some decent insight into how things were and what happened during the early moments of the Civil War in Charleston. Except one thing: What is a Sally port? The maps depicted it in 2 places. Someone please tell me.
As Hillary said earlier, could have used about 30 more minutes to take our time to look around but neither of us wanted to swim so we left when the captain wanted to. Here are some final shots.
Back to Fort Sumter.
The trip out gave me a broad view of the harbor, almost all of which was new to me. When leaving Patriot's point, you can see the Arthur Ravenel bridge off in the distance to the right.
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| View of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge from Patriots Point. |
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| The Yorktown - close enough you think you can touch it. |
The ferry ride out to Fort Sumter was unhurried and there was plenty of time to look around and see things from a perspective you can't get while driving around. For example, when driving around charleston, you don't normally see a bushel of kids crowded around your front bumper. On the ferry you do.
The kids were full of wonder and 10,000,00 questions that adults don't know to ask outloud. Kid question #1: "What did they do our here if the didn't have the Internet?". Hmmm, I think that was actually my question. Real question from Kid #1 when looking at the Yorktown: "I wonder how that thing can float?" ( i muttered something about displacement to myself after I heard that one). Real questions from Kid #2: "Is this where people died?". Actually a good question worth asking out loud. Anyway, I enjoyed the kids there, they have their filter is normally off and they haven't yet mislearned that they can't ask questions.
Overall Fort Sumter was enjoyable and informative. There were a few enthusiatic tour guides that spoke loud enough that you could wander a little and still listen. The signage was informative and gave some decent insight into how things were and what happened during the early moments of the Civil War in Charleston. Except one thing: What is a Sally port? The maps depicted it in 2 places. Someone please tell me.
As Hillary said earlier, could have used about 30 more minutes to take our time to look around but neither of us wanted to swim so we left when the captain wanted to. Here are some final shots.
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| View of the Left wall from atop the Battery Isaac Huger |
-Joey
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