The Tofu

I have enjoyed a lot of Gowalla lately. Its a great geo-location application that has some game mechanics. Its fun to visit places, create new places, and share items. It also helps me get out of the house, which is a big deal when you work from home. :) Since being introduced to the game, I always wanted to get on a bike and go to some of my favourite spots in Charleston. On December, 19th 2009 I did! My brother joined me and we termed it 'gowalla' day.

On this same day, my brother and I, celebrated another birthday. This allowed me to skirt my usual responsibilities and just dedicate the day to creating cool spots in Charleston, SC for gowalla!  I started the day hanging out with my youngest daughter. We went to the College of Charleston and I created two spots. We also went to the local farmers market. I then met up with my brother and his girlfriend and we biked to the tip of the Charleston peninsula, also known as The Battery. From there we went to many different spots. The total day took about 8 hours. We had some pit stops etc. We had lunch at Fast and French, we had to fix a flat tire, and we stopped off at Mellow Mushroom to watch a basketball game.
We created mostly historic locations and parks and the total was about 50 new spots, visiting almost 100. 

Instead of writing all of this in a blog post, I retraced the 'Trip' on a google map.

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NOTE: This map is evolving, along with the gowalla spots. I am busy, so putting details into this map is hard. :)

This would have been more fun if more people played in Charleston. The numbers are growing slowly but the more the merrier. :)

Overall, this was a great day, full of history and gowalla! I recommend doing this with or without gowalla, its always great to explore old and new spots! Gowalla just adds to the fun!