Charleston Rain' - Off Day

"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain."

             - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The team and I had today off as we left Atlanta for Charleston ahead of schedule and in spite of the rain we were determined to make the best of it!

It's been raining essentially non-stop since we left Atlanta: light rain, heavy rain, misty rain, fat dew-drop like rain - we've had it all.  Being from California I can't help but think of the horrible drought plaguing it and the water-rationing in my hometown - Bakersfield - in place for over a year now....  Painful irony of how one place can have so much water while another has so little.

The rain having eased off a little in the morning, I decided to use the opportunity to fit in a long'ish run to a bakery I had scouted about 3.5 miles away.

Enroute (and adjacent to our hotel) I passed an apparent trolley graveyard:

Kind of spooky...

Cut through a little wooded area...that was sadly only about a .25 mile long :(

Found a really cool mural for THE BBQ joint...

Make no mistake, this is THE BBQ joint.

Before arriving at my destination - EVO Craft Bakery - and flippin' a U-turn to head back to the hotel!

Found it!  But didn't stop for long....

Obligatory Charleston Selfie'.

Thought these leaves made for a cool picture...

Run ended up being just a little over 7 miles.  Solid morning burn and finished it just in time before the rain picked back up!

That afternoon...

In spite of the rain, the team and I decided to explore historic downtown Charleston and hunt down some new coffee spots!  Downtown Charleston was really cool - lots of old, Victorian-era architecture with a modest Southern-vibe:

In spite of the rain we ventured out.

Neapolitan buildings.

Lots of this...

After wandering around for a bit we made our way over to a little coffee shop and chilled for a bit to warm-up and dry-off.

Really cool place - City Lights Coffee.

Nom nom nom....

After coffee we wandered down to the old Charleston battery down at the waterfront:

Boom boom.

Charleston harbor.

More neapolitan homes.

Tomorrow the rain is suppose to stop and we should also be able to move the Deep-Shoe Diver to the expo-hall in preparation for the Cooper River Bridge Run expo this weekend!  As much as I love exploring and my off days I go kind of crazy with too much free time and it'll be good to do some work :) if only for the 1-2 hours it'll take to move and set-up our submarine!  After set-up I think we're going to try to go to Fort Sumter.  VERY COOL!

O' and least I forget tomorrow is #TimedMileTuesday!  

Good night and sleep tight!

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