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Jumbling
together a word with a number and an abbreviation for
two other words is not a memorable combination for such
an important function. The name also fails the basic radio
test - when people hear "Travel to SC"
they have to wonder if the speaker meant the word
"to" or the number "2". Most states
also use "Visit" (a la Pennsylvania's
VisitPA.com plates) rather than the clunky phrase
"Travel to" (or is that "2"!) Note
to state tourism departments - hire someone with a clue
before picking your domain name! Fortunately
South Carolina has a lot going for it despite the
license plates! We spent a gorgeous afternoon Wednesday
at Charleston's City Market, a historic structure
that, unfortunately, housed the largest slave market in
North America 250 years ago. 
In
the foreground Jill, Brittany and Diana
check out jewelry at Charleston's City Market
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When lunch time
rolled around we headed across the street to
another unique Charleston attraction - the Mad
River Bar & Grille - a quaint restaurant
built inside an old church building (with all of
the stained glass windows still there to give
the cafe a divine glow). Jill especially
appreciates the place because she is skilled at
putting together her own stained glass art
pieces.
The next afternoon
was the highlight of the trip for me, a visit to
the Boone Hall Plantation, a gorgeous
Southern plantation founded in 1681 that
makes you feel like you have walked into a scene
from Gone With the Wind. |
Sisters
Jill and Brittany at the Mad
River Bar
& Grille |
Boone
Hall Plantation - Charleston, South Carolina In
fact many movies and TV shows have been filmed at Boone
Hall Plantation, including The Notebook, North
and South, and Queen (the sequel
to Roots). If you saw the Civil War
miniseries North and South you may remember the
scene of Patrick Swayze galloping his horse down
the stunning Avenue of Oaks that leads to the
plantation house (see photo below). 
Boone
Hall Plantation's Avenue of Oaks, lined with
300-year-old live oak trees. Boone
Hall Plantation is still a working plantation today
producing an endless bounty of fruits and vegetables.
The plantation also has polo fields and Brittany, in the
photo below, made a quick friend of this polo pony by
offering him at handful of clover. 
If
you are ever in Charleston this is a place you will want
to visit. They have a website too, located just where
you would expect - at BooneHallPlantation.com.
(Posted March
15, 2009)
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