Off to Charleston, South Carolina today. We will be staying at Joint Bases Charleston RV Park. I think this is the last of our military stops for a while. It was a smooth trip but on the way we were warned of a plane crash on the highway. Luckily, we did not see it but did see several emergency vehicles going by. Turned out a C-130 crashed on the highway killing five people aboard the plane. So sad.
This is a beautiful but little noisy campground. I think we are the smallest camper in the entire campground.
Today, we drove to downtown Charleston and took the Charleston Ferry Boat around the Harbor. Beautiful views of everything, and once again, we were able to see dolphins. Got off the ferry at the USS Yorktown and beside that a very old and damaged submarine. Hung around there for a while looking at all the sites then returned to the ferry to go to downtown Charleston. Hoards of people everywhere. We stopped at a street side restaurant and ate. The table next to us also had two labs. People were stopping and laughing at Arlo who was stretched out on the street sleeping. He can relax anywhere.
The next day we drove to the Magnolia Plantation. This has been a tourist attraction since just after the civil war. Originally, the crop there was rice and Charleston actually became rich on rice crops. Rice so famous it became known as Charleston Gold. They do not grow rice there anymore. We took a boat ride out into the swamp where we saw several alligators.

We also saw blue heron and many white egrets. The magnolia trees are only just beginning to bloom at the plantation, so we missed seeing all of the trees in full bloom. After the boat, we decided to take the dogs on the train that goes around the property. This is the first attraction that the dogs were not fond of one bit. Arlo was particularly scared of being on the train and Annie just would not settle down. They finally did settle but were obviously not enjoying the train. We could not figure out why. Maybe because it was a little bumpy but who knows. They are usually up for anything.

There was so many gorgeous flowers at the plantation. One I was surprised to see was the red amaryllis. For some reason, I always associate these at Christmas. That is when everyone has them in Colorado anyway.

However, in S. Carolina, they are grown as a border plant.  There was a 500 year old oak tree on the plantation as well as a California redwood which was quite small at 150 years old. I was unable to get in a position to take pictures of those though.

The next day, we headed for Jamestown Island. This also had a dog park with a huge pond, so once again the dogs got a change to run around and swim and generally get wet and stinky. We stopped at the Crab Shack for some appetizers and more attention for the dogs. On a side note, the lady in the camper next to use referred to our camper as a little jelly bean, so we have decided to officially name our camper "the Bean" after our beloved Norma Jean.