{"id":1412,"date":"2016-04-17T22:13:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T22:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2016-04-24T10:14:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T10:14:36","slug":"boone-what-the-hall-plantation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/04\/17\/boone-what-the-hall-plantation\/","title":{"rendered":"Boone &#8220;what the&#8221; Hall Plantation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are in the south you have to see a plantation. \u00a0It is actually a travel law I think. \u00a0So we searched out plantations in the Charleston area and there are a few. \u00a0The one we really wanted to go to, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boonehallplantation.com\">Boone Hall Plantation<\/a>, was also the most expensive. \u00a0Somehow I caved and we splurged (again) and it did not disappoint!<br \/>\n<a title=\"Us in the 'allee of oaks'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/25965628413\/in\/album-72157667304063271\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1684\/25965628413_69bc64c3e8_n.jpg\" alt=\"Us in the 'allee of oaks'\" width=\"320\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was a Sunday and our last of a short two days in the Charleston area&#8230;.South Carolina for that matter! \u00a0On Sundays the plantation is open from noon to 5:00. \u00a0Many of the reviews said 3 hours was enough to see everything so maybe it would be ok. \u00a0When you pull on to the property you are greeted by a magnificent Avenue (Or Allee as they say in French&#8230;.its like those French have a different word for everything) of Oaks. \u00a0I guess this one is famous for being in several movies but now its famous for having its picture taken with the Wachs!<\/p>\n<p>We caught a quick history talk by an older gentleman, Dwight who gave us an overview of the plantation operations, the roles of the slaves and what we could find in the slave houses. \u00a0Each of the slave houses had a different focus and was set up like a little museum. \u00a0One talked about their faith, another about their handicrafts, one on home life, one on emancipation, and a couple others. \u00a0At our slow pace we only got through a couple before there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gullah\">Gullah <\/a>presentation we did not want to miss.<\/p>\n<p>We showed up early and sat front and center. \u00a0Ms Veronica came out in full slave dress and startin belting out &#8220;Waaaaade in the water. \u00a0I said waaaaade in the water!&#8221; \u00a0That woman has some pipes!! \u00a0She described the Gullah people, their life, their songs, their faith and hope. \u00a0She sang several tunes and did a rap and got the crowd involved too including bringing Dacen and Brielle up front with her to sing Kumbaya. \u00a0She shared a couple of Gullah stories and some personal ones too. \u00a0This woman was awesome!! \u00a0Her presentation was worth the whole price of admission. \u00a0We did not go to church today but Miss Veronica brought the word in song&#8230;can I have an amen? \u00a0Hallelujah!<br \/>\n <a title=\"Miss Veronica\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/25965630263\/in\/album-72157667304063271\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1444\/25965630263_07df1e8d54_n.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Veronica\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had signed up for the house tour and barely made it in time. \u00a0It was ok&#8230;.but if I had to cut one thing from our time at the plantation that would be it. \u00a0The house was wonderful and the our guide was good. \u00a0It was just a little dry. \u00a0Except when the tour guide said &#8220;this room is where they would entertain themselves and the owner would sit and do his business&#8221;&#8230;Dacen and I started busting a gut while Steph gave us the Xanchu look.<\/p>\n<p>The garden was really pretty with lots of flowers in bloom\u00a0and there was also this awesome live oak tree down by the creek. \u00a0It was another one of those that is perfect for climbing. \u00a0Another one was hollow on the inside. \u00a0Totally seemed like Pooh&#8217;s house in the Hundred Acre Woods.<br \/>\n <a title=\"K-I-S-S-I-N-G\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/26542377126\/in\/album-72157667304063271\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1521\/26542377126_dd0f3fddf4_n.jpg\" alt=\"K-I-S-S-I-N-G\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>We tried to get on the cart tour that drives you around the whole plantation but it was full so we had to wait for another. \u00a0While Steph held our spots in line the kids and I tried to get through a couple more of the houses on slave road. \u00a0But we still didn&#8217;t have enough time. \u00a0The cart tour was great and our tour guide, Michael, was very knowledgeable and very proud to be a South Carolinian.<\/p>\n<p>We shut the place down and still probably needed another hour to see everything we wanted. \u00a0Just as we were leaving the horses came back from a competition so Steph and Brielle got to see and pet them.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe other plantations are good or even better than this&#8230;but Boone Hall Plantation was really great and worth the high price in my opinion. \u00a0A couple days later we all realized that we never heard anyone describe the &#8220;Hall&#8221; part of the name\u00a0so I now lovingly refer to the place as\u00a0Boone &#8220;what the&#8221; Hall Plantation.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157667304063271_2386\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1676\/25965625303_225e3c6004.jpg\" title=\"Brick prints\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Brick prints<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1633\/26295768340_d7a7fdafcb.jpg\" title=\"Brick prints\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Brick prints<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1472\/26476152192_51346fb0f9.jpg\" title=\"Code quilt\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Code quilt<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1533\/25965624683_e0ba46b157.jpg\" title=\"Peeking\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Peeking<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1473\/26502516681_ac218b7be8.jpg\" title=\"Slave house\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Slave house<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1501\/25965624093_e1751904be.jpg\" title=\"Art-ifacts\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Art-ifacts<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1627\/26295766550_39a50a690b.jpg\" title=\"Brick mould\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Brick mould<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1651\/26502515011_3748762921.jpg\" title=\"Cool tree\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Cool tree<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1453\/25965623043_015ef9d60d.jpg\" title=\"The fam\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>The fam<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1679\/25965630583_56ffaa958d.jpg\" title=\"Kumbaya\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Kumbaya<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1536\/26568603365_94c8899be5.jpg\" title=\"Belting out gospel\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Belting out gospel<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1444\/25965630263_07df1e8d54.jpg\" title=\"Miss Veronica\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Miss Veronica<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1488\/26295770760_15b297253c.jpg\" title=\"&quot;Allee of oaks&quot;\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>\"Allee of oaks\"<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1632\/25965622093_da2c44aafa.jpg\" title=\"Fancy house\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Fancy house<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1468\/26542384966_4e9f3390f0.jpg\" title=\"Cotton\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Cotton<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1686\/26502512741_342c3d390f.jpg\" title=\"Flower\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Flower<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1590\/25965621503_2ff327f734.jpg\" title=\"Flower\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Flower<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1483\/26568602695_f50a86db37.jpg\" title=\"Rose\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Rose<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1537\/25965621103_589f874879.jpg\" title=\"Smoke house\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Smoke house<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1461\/26502512091_2c93c7fcc1.jpg\" title=\"Mr. Sanders\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Mr. Sanders<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1579\/26542378086_ba112f0d5d.jpg\" title=\"Hello in there\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Hello in there<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1521\/26542377126_dd0f3fddf4.jpg\" title=\"K-I-S-S-I-N-G\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>K-I-S-S-I-N-G<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1556\/26502509531_013fdbbe74.jpg\" title=\"Astounding\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Astounding<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1539\/26542376346_44e3d9320e.jpg\" title=\"Corn crib\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Corn crib<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1503\/25963455344_69032e1f6d.jpg\" title=\"Barns\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Barns<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1699\/26568598615_fd3a4e521c.jpg\" title=\"Gin house\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Gin house<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1684\/25965628413_69bc64c3e8.jpg\" title=\"Us in the &#039;allee of oaks&#039;\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Us in the 'allee of oaks'<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1636\/26502508261_62b857e213.jpg\" title=\"Monkeys\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Monkeys<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1533\/25965627223_45ab305b85.jpg\" title=\"Wampacheone creek\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Wampacheone creek<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1488\/26568597405_39087c4320.jpg\" title=\"Cool Caden\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Cool Caden<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1462\/26295759810_dc2b47c6f0.jpg\" title=\"Hanging out\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Hanging out<\/p><\/div><\/div><script 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