During the Rendevous, we became friends with other "loopers". Darrel and Beth, David and Adrienne (New Mexico), and Bruce and Bonnie(Ft. Myers) and us all went out for dinner on our "free night". During the Rendevous, all our other meals were with the group. 
On our last night of the Rendevous, we had a tour and dinner on the Yorktown, an aircraft carrier used after 1942 (after the first Yorktown was sunk). Here we are entering the ship. You can see the planes on the flight deck.
This sub was docked along side of the ship....
Here is a view of the Ravenal Bridge from the ship. In the foreground is the area of the ship where the planes were launched...
The plaque explaining the launch..............
Another plane on the launch deck..... I would be remiss if I didn't tell you about the dinner. It was first class and we had a choice of spinach stuffed chicken or fillet mignon. Bob had beef and I had the chicken---both were EXCELLENT. We also were served a wonderful salad and a rice medley (wonderful). And the dessert--a rum chocolate topping on cheesecake was to die for. It was a memorable ending to the week.
This island was in Charleston Harbor
View of Charleston from the Yorktown--across Cooper River.
An example of houses in Charleston....they have the south side facing porches. Most of the older homes seemed to be built this way.
A woman in the Market Street market making and selling the sweet grass baskets. I learned that the basket that we bought years ago from a woman on the side of the road (we were on a road trip) was worth much much more than we paid. So, from now on, I'll take much better care of it !
Here is a view of the beginning of the market on Bay Street. It extended about 3 blocks with many different vendors. Some have permanent spots, others come intermittently and if there's an opening, they can be assigned to that spot and sell for the day.
This island was in Charleston Harbor
View of Charleston from the Yorktown--across Cooper River.
An example of houses in Charleston....they have the south side facing porches. Most of the older homes seemed to be built this way.
A woman in the Market Street market making and selling the sweet grass baskets. I learned that the basket that we bought years ago from a woman on the side of the road (we were on a road trip) was worth much much more than we paid. So, from now on, I'll take much better care of it !
Here is a view of the beginning of the market on Bay Street. It extended about 3 blocks with many different vendors. Some have permanent spots, others come intermittently and if there's an opening, they can be assigned to that spot and sell for the day.
