Day 355 Theatre and Prison

Today brought a few firsts. We wondered around downtown Charleston, visiting the market and some of the stores. We found a Tervis store and bought one to use on the ship. They had tops that used straws which I really like. My sister had made a reservation for us at a mystery theater. It was a small place. The show was delightful. They had the audience participate. It was less mystery and more humorous. Another part of the show was guessing the names of the detectives whose pictures were on the wall. My sister got all of them, of course. Then we went to do the tour of the old prison. We had wanted to do the tour last time we were in Charleston but we didn't have time. The tour was supposed to be scary. It was only because you were in this old building standing in total darkness. The tour guide kept turning off the flashlight. What was really cool about the place is that it is a college now. Back when Hurricane Hugo devastated Charleston, the town discovered there were very few people trained in repairing historic buildings. The town started the school to train people to fix and maintain these buildings. Isn't that awesome? The tours help support the school and they use the prison as on site training.