Charleston Cooper River Bridge run Madness

We took the kids out of school early on Friday to try to miss some of the traffic and get to Charleston in plenty of time for dinner.  Unfortunately, the traffic was a bloody nightmare the entire way and a trip that is usually 3 hours took 4 long hours!!!  We (ok, I was) were so frustrated by the time we arrived but we still made it to Hyman's for dinner so Savannah could enjoy her favorite, Chicken and Waffles!

It was super windy on Saturday, so Dave wasn't very happy with his time but he still did great!  We were able to see him run by and then enjoyed the race festivities in the park . . . where Preston was encouraged by a volunteer to get as many little bites as he could.  He ended up with 50 packs!  Insane!

We were excited they had the usual CPI chair and a photo booth to continue our traditions!

After walking around the market and downtown, we went through part of the College of Charleston so Savannah could say she *toured* it.  A quick stop by the bookstore for the sticker was next and we hit the road home.  We were hoping that traffic coming back would be much better, even though they were calling for rain, but it actually was WORSE!!!  There was an accident on our side of 26 and it appeared that the highway was shut down!  We rerouted and finally got back on (after a gas stop in the middle of nowhere with pumps that weren't working and practically everyone paying cash) only to discover that the ramp to 77 was closed. . . which took another 15 miles to reroute for that.  The trip home took 4.5 hours!  I think I said maybe a million times I'm never going to Charleston again!!!!