Flying Over Charleston

While we were in Charleston, SC last month, we flew over the city to get an arial view of one of the settings of my most recent book, Beloved Liberty. It was a beautiful mixture of history and present-day culture from a broad view that many don't get a chance to experience.

The photo to the above is of the Cooper River Bridge. It opened in 2005, replacing Pearman Bridge.

This is the Ashley River. It was magnificent to see how it lays across the land.

This is Historic Charleston and Battery St. is lined along the harbor. Some of these homes are a couple of centuries old. It's hard to believe they've survived hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and weathered the test of time.

As I'm writing my story, I can just imagine what it was like back in 1810. Chalmer St. still has the cobblestone road and some of the street lamps look just like the gas lamps they had back in the Victorian period. And with all the carriage tours around the city, old church bells ringing, one can easily imagine living and existing in those by-gone days.