Sunny South Carolina

What a fun day today was! My parents and I drove 2 hours from out home in Lexington to spend the day in Charleston and Folly Beach. It was cooler today than it was last week, with temps only getting in the high 80s. (We saw constant 100s all last week). We spent the morning in Charleston, mainly in the Market area, basket weavers and knick-knack salespeople set up their stands for the day. We walked the Market structure for about an hour, picking up a team picture of the 1968 MLB World Champs for my dad-- Detroit Tigers no less, and a sailor's knot ring for me. Walking near the coast is always fun, but this time we just drove through -- beautiful homes from the Victorian area get ritzier as you get closer to the coast, especially when you get to Slightly North of Broad Street (or S.N.O.B. as a local tour guide put it to us last winter, you catch my drift).

The afternoon was spent in quaint Folly Beach, a coastal town that is growing leaps and bounds. 15 miles from Charleston, only one road reaches the beach -- Highway 700. It isn't long before you know you're close to the coast as you pass bayous and homes on stilts. The road ends at a Holiday Inn, probably adding to the waistband capacity of the town. We parked on the road closest to the coast -- Arctic Avenue of all names. Food was the first thing on our minds, although the waves looked inviting first. Mom packed a lunch for us, and before I knew it, my stomach was full and I was headed to the water! I could bathe in the water it was so warm. I got out to dry and threw some disc with my dad. We later bought boogie boards, which we spent riding the waves until we left at 5.