Blackwater Swamp Kayaking in Charleston, SC
Check out this cool teaser for an awesome blackwater swamp kayaking experience. Located at Charleston Woodlands, across the street from National Historic Landmark site of Middleton Place, this swamp tour will open your eyes to a hidden world under the canopy forest. This trip is only available for a handful of months every year, making it an even more special place to explore. check out charlestonkayakcompany.com or charlestonwoodlands.com for more info!
Kayaking in Charleston we spotted some dolphins
Took the kayak out to Folly Beach and out of nowhere fins appeared out of the water! It was a couple of dolphins :) really cute... after that we filmed a shit load of birds, the end.
Charleston, SC - Folly Beach
GoPro time lapse, 5mp @ 2sec
Charleston villege flooded OMG.
JnD Trip Drum Island and Old Charleston Coal Tipple
Video of my trip out to Drum Island and surrounding areas. Some dolphins toward the beginning. Sorry for crappy sound. Cam in a waterproof casing which muffles it considerably.
Salt Marsh Kayak Trip SC
Set off on a adventure in the salt marsh in Beaufort SC had alot of fun with the kayaking and the camping
A Walk through Historic Charleston
The route seen in this video is as follows: starting point was Waterfront Park. From there we headed east up Concord Street to the Hazel Parker Playground and City Recreation building. Next we went South down Tradd Street then right heading west on King Street. Next, we turned left on Market to eat at Café Framboise. We went back east on Market towards the Charleston City Market(1) and walked through the entirety. We were on a hunt for the spice tables. At the end of Market, we turned right and went south down East Bay and back to our car.
We recently took a tour of The Old Exchange with our homeschool Co-op. I’ll post that video soon; it’ll be loaded with lots of history!
English colonists first landed and settled in Charleston on Albemarle Point (2) in 1670, naming it Charles Towne, after King Charles II. The landing point is in what we now call West Ashley. A couple of years later the settlement was relocated across the river on the peninsula to “Oyster Point”, or White Point Garden, so called after the discarded oyster shells left to bleach in the sun.
After the American Revolution, Charles Towne was renamed Charleston.
You can find streets downtown that are still paved with cobblestones. Ships coming across the ocean to load up with goods made in Charleston used stones as ballast and discarded them when they arrived in Charleston. In attempts to remedy the ever muddy roads, Charlestonians took the stones and paved the roads with them. Stories can be heard of pregnant women being taken down these roads in their carriages to induce labor.
At The Charleston City Market, located along the easternmost portion of Market Street, you can find local vendors selling their arts, crafts, food, books, etc. A common misconception of “The Market” is that slaves were sold here. Slaves were not sold at The Market; it was a place where poor Charlestonians and slaves daily went to buy and sell mostly food.
Slaves, to be sure, were sold in Charleston at places such as The Exchange and the Old Slave Mart on Chalmers. “In the seven decades between the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and the Civil War, more than one million American born slaves were to work the rapidly expanding cotton and sugar plantations in the lower South. In Charleston, enslaved African Americans were customarily sold in the open area north of the Old Exchange building at Broad and East Bay Streets. In 1856 a new City Ordinance prohibited the practice of public sales, which resulted in the opening of Ryan's Auction Mart and a number of other sales rooms, yards or marts along State, Queen and Chalmers Streets.” (3) “Like many states in the South, Charleston’s Plantation economy depended heavily upon slave labor. Most slaves came from West Africa. During periods of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as many as 40% of slaves sold to the 13 colonies were brought through the ports of Charleston. Charleston had a practice of selling slaves outside, on the north side of the Customs House (now known as the Exchange Building)…In 1808 the foreign slave trade was abolished. Slaves born in the U.S. or already owned could be sold by their masters. Foreign slave traders were not allowed to bring their slaves to Charleston. This move was thought to be an attempt to help the slave owners from the Charleston area…In 1856, the city of Charleston enacted an ordinance that prohibited the selling of slaves in public. The demand for slaves continued and “sales lots”, “sales rooms or yards”, “slave houses”, and “marts” were created. The majority of these slave markets were on Chalmers, State, and Queen Streets.” (4)
Charles Towne was originally a walled city, with the city wall located roughly along current day East Bay street. In the basement of the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, at the corner of Broad & East Bay, you can view a large portion of the original wall. Another portion of the wall was discovered recently during construction downtown (5).
Charleston is at least a foot below sea level so flooding of the peninsula is a common nuisance. Locals are used to it; you can often see residents making the best of the situation by kayaking down the streets.
You can read more about Charleston’s history at the Convention Bureau’s site (6), or any of the other beautiful historic sites in town such as:
Fort Sumter
The Pinckney House
Fort Moultrie
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Middleton Place (where I got married!)
Drayton Hall
McLeod Plantation
and SO MANY MORE!
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Play in Charleston
From kayaking to horse-drawn carriage rides, there is no shortage of fun activities in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Fishing in Charleston, SC with a Beautiful Sunset
Just another day in Charleston, doing some fishing' with my buddy
Charles Towne Landing in Charleston, SC - Ask Bob
-- I often get asked, by clients, what are cool things to do when they visit Charleston. We recently took a tour of Charles Towne Landing in West Ashley, SC. My name is Bob Brennaman and I am a Realtor in the area. If I can answer any questions about Charleston, SC please call me at 843-345-6074.
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Sandlapper Tours | Charleston Harbor and Boat Tours
Welcome to Sandlapper Tours, voted #1 Charleston Harbor Tour company in Charleston, SC!
We operate out of the Charleston Maritime Center located near the S.C. Aquarium.
We are a locally owned and operated company offering History, Nature, Sunset, and Ghost Tours of the Charleston Harbor.
Please visit for more information and reservations.
Kayak Redfish in Charleston, SC - GoPro Hero 3+
Kayak redfishing right before a storm in Charleston, SC.
Donald Trumps declares Charleston back in business following flood
The Charleston Area Convention and Visitor Bureau recently received a video from a Donald Trump supporter featuring the presidential candidate declaring Charleston back in business after this month's severe flooding.
Coastal Kayaking
TSK offers professional guided kayak tours in the Atlanta area, on Lake Jocassee in South Carolina, coastal kayaking at Edding Point, South Carolina and sea kayak tours on Mobile Bay including open water trips to Sand Island Light House and Middle Bay Lighthouse. Or enjoy a relaxing paddle into the Mobile Delta. And for the adventurous sea kayaker, TSK offers open water tours to Horn Island in the Mississippi Sound.
For those looking to learn the art of sea kayaking and kayak safety, TSK offers three or six hour private instruction.
If you are interested in putting together a custom trip or team building exercise for your co-workers or friends, we are happy to accommodate your needs. Feel free to call us, toll free, for more information.
Folly Beach Vacation Rental Folly's Big Chill 843-580-3731
Folly Beach Vacation Rental Folly's Big Chill 843-580-3731
3 Bedrooms • 3 & 1/2 Bathrooms • Sleeps 10
This PET FRIENDLY & EVENT FRIENDLY home just hit the rental market so almost all SUMMER 2015 Weeks are still open so if you waited until the last minute you are in luck!!! Only a 20 Minute Drive from Historic Downtown Charleston this Summer Weekly Rental home “The Big Chill” is a Modern Construction home with ICE COLD Central Air and has 3 BIG bedrooms with 3 & 1/2 baths and sleeps 10, the Master is actually a suite with separate living space from the bed area & HUGE Master Bath, huge private back yard, outdoor bar, outdoor shower, lots of deck space, wrap around front porch, back screen porch, well appointed kitchen with barstool areas, 8 person dining space, plenty of off-street parking & this home is WALKING DISTANCE to everything Folly Beach has to offer. The beach is only a 5 minute walk away with a Public Beach Access at the end of the street & there are multiple Golf Cart rental companies so you can easily get a cart for the week and drive right to the access in less than a minute which has special Golf Cart parking spots. Even though this home is not beach front I can’t stress enough how nice it is to be able to walk to the Center Street area of Folly Beach where all the Shops, Restaurants, Fishing Pier, River Park & Bars are located. Let me just tell you, what a lot of people don’t know about Folly is that it is a really long Island (7 miles long) and that all the fun stuff other then the beach are all at Center Street so a lot of times you might rent a Front Beach home that’s awesome for the beach but you have to drive to get anywhere else on the Island and parking in Downtown Folly is CRAZY in the summer so being able to walk everywhere is really something to consider, not to mention the fact that if this home was Ocean Front it would rent for $7000 or more a week instead of $3250!!!
Call or text 843-580-3731 we answer our phone from 9am to 9pm eastern time 7 days a week.
Fishing kayaks in CHS SC
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Solar Energy in Charleston, SC - How the panels work (HD)
Solar Energy!
On beautiful Seabrook Island, nestled on the coast just south of Charleston, South Carolina, lies Camp St. Christopher It offers over 300 acres of beach, marsh and maritime forest and multiple facilities including meeting and conference centers, lodging, and worship centers. We're excited about keeping you up-to-date on our progress and informing you about how this project was made possible.
The process began last August when the State Energy Office put out information that there were going to be $2.9 million available in grants for alternative energy projects for non-profits. As soon as we found out, we immediately started getting in touch with local Charleston non-profit organizations to inform them about the opportunity.
When St. Christopher responded about being interested, we setup a meeting for late September 2009 and went out to view the grounds and start planning.
The RFP from the State was issued in early September. The government was looking at multiple factors before approving a non-profit like St. Christopher for the grant. These included visibility of project, potential job creation, overall benefit in terms of investment and payback of the project (they needed a minimum return of $2.50 dollars to $1 spent).
The grant writing process was long and hard, but St. Christopher didn't have to worry about that. SES took care of making sure the grant was completed correctly and on time. Anything we were able to do to make the process easier for them, we did!
After submitting the grant, we found out in March that St. Christopher was awarded the money! After that, it was really time for us to get moving. It took till June to actually get the contracts squared away with the state. We then went through the permitting process. We put together architectural drawings done by the camp director, roof mounting drawings, basically everything that needed to be done to the camp to get it ready for installation.
The buildings needed some retrofits to make the project possible. For example, the roofing mounts had to be able to withstand 130mph winds with 150 mph gusts.....just one of many details to iron out. We were permitted by the 2nd week of July and started work the next week.
Needless to say, the past year has been full of paperwork and phone calls, red tape and patience.
One of our main goals when working with a non-profit to obtain funding or a grant is to shoulder as much of the work as possible. So far, it's been a very successful project with St. Christopher.
Stay tuned in weeks to come for pictures and videos on the construction, retrofits, and installation.
We want you to follow along with this project with us. Also, if you're involved in a non-profit, there are still government moneys available for your organization. Even if you aren't sure if you qualify, get in touch with us and we'll help you get moving forward on an alternative energy project.
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Charleston SC Flooding
Just another day of coastal flooding in Charleston, SC.
Kayaking with a family of Dolphins
At low tide we were kayaking the creeks near Charleston, SC. A family of 6 bottle-nosed porpoises swam along side us! Turn up the volume and you can hear one of them call to the other!
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