Since the weather had an 80% chance of rain in Destin area, we last minute (literally the night before) decided to book a trip to a sunnier destination which ended up being Charleston, SC.
We found the cutest 2 bedroom, 2 story cottage downtown to stay at near King Street where all the action was with an indoor house kitty included named Boogs, lol. Ironically the owner Jack knows my Aunt Candy's niece, named Candace (after her) they work together at Kiawah. Small world! He's a caddy there and she does event planning. They both promised me they would try to get Joe on the ocean course if he comes back on a non holiday for free, amazing, it is usually $350 a round!! Anyways, the house was in a great central location for us. The beaches were only about 15 to max of 25 min away so we had a nice mix things to do in the area. We first spent time at Sullivans Island which was more quiet and less shells, calmer waters. However, while we were there we did stop by Folly Beach to check it out (known to be the action spot) but there were many more ouchy shells, rocks and stronger currents in the water which lead us back to Sullivans before heading out of town. When we weren't at the beach playing frisbee, body surfing, or Joe finding sand dollars with his toes... we were doing some site seeing downtown of the historic homes, custom house, city market, old post office and marinas. There was even a market festival going on this weekend and we of course had to stop at it like all festivals we spot. I think we only bought about 3 varieties of peanuts,that's it, HA. The breakdancing street performers there were quite entertaining though, they couldn't have been older than 15, spinning around on their hands, heads and bodies to pop music in the town square. We worked up an appetite each day but it was easy to find some great dining spots, our highlights were Stars, Hanks, Leon's, and Queen 82. There was an hour wait for the infamous Poogan's Porch so we bypassed that for lunch but maybe another time and same with Bowen's Island. It was closed on the Sunday we drove out there but snapped a picture of the sign at least for our little almost 2 year old nephew, Bowen. We were hoping to get a t-shirt for him but once again, another thing to come back for. It was a good opportunity for us to get outside and get some excercise. We didn't realize it but between walking the beaches, fighting the ocean currents, playing frisbee and the long stretch of King Street that we shopped...our dogs were barking. I might have been just as excited to relax one late afternoon as Joe was for College Game Day kickoff (like a kid at Christmas) so we spent it on the couch snacking and watching football rivalries one right after the other into the night. It was our official first UGA game together so I had to document this moment especially since the Dawgs whooped on the Clemson Tigers!! And in the spirit of sports, Joe also brought his clubs for this trip being that this area has a ton of courses. He played a twighlight round of golf at Shadowmoss. I rode along shot gun in the cart and would greet him on the green with his putter and to pull the flag out on each hole. Big help I was, lol. This is part of his new life goal to play golf in every state. So I think he has only 46 more states to go, ha! Like Sandy said, "it's good to be ambitious" So I'll keep you posted on this outcome if this blog is still rocking in 40 years :)
