Mt. Pleasant is pleasant indeed

While we were in the Charleston area to attend the Family Circle Cup, we stayed at the Old Village Post House in Mt. Pleasant. The idea of the post house is one we should never have let get away. It is reproduced wonderfully here, with a first-rate restaurant and tavern downstairs, and lodging upstairs. There is also a patio for dining, and a creaky old elevator named Myrtle that carries your luggage up and down.

This was the view when we walked to the end of the street behind our bed and breakfast.

Highway 17 is lined with stands such as this one, where the Gullah people make beautiful sweetgrass baskets and other items. This is the only area in the world where sweetgrass baskets are made, and the craft is passed on from one generation to the next.