Edisto Beach 2008

Last week, I had the tremendous joy of spending a week at the beach with my best girls. My bestie A, my sister-in-law Jo, SoulSisterM and I spent the week in a sweet little cottage on Edisto Beach, SC. The cottage was RIGHT on the ocean, just 7 steps down to the sand. It had a large porch overlooking the ocean.

Edisto Beach was perfect for this getaway. It's a natural setting, no hotels, no chain restaurants, no crowds, just lots of sand and grass and wildlife. The most people we saw on the beach at once, as far as the eye could see, was 7.

During the week, we

-got to see about 6 dolphins playing in the ocean. We were about 20 yards from them and could see them jumping and flipping, it was amazing. We got to see them up close for about 20 minutes before they swam to deeper water.

-watched the entire North and South miniseries, Sense and Sensibility (BBC edition) and The Office.

-rented bikes and rode around the island.

-went for a kayak tour to a beach covered with shells. SoulSisterM found a molted horseshoe crab to take home to her boys.

-took a nap almost every day.

-ate all of the junk food we don't let our kids see us eat! We classed up the Cheetos and Nutty Bars with a glass of wine though.

-went to lots of thrift stores and yard sales. Yes, even on vacation, we go junkin'!

-laughed and laughed and laughed.

-went in to Charleston to walk around and to go to a Donna the Buffalo concert. These old ladies boogied til 2 am!

-talked and talked and talked.

-stayed in our jammies all day on Tuesday and on Friday. We even went for walks on the beach in our jammies.

-went to a super little cafe for lunch, Main's Cafe, and had tomato pie.

-bought local produce from George and Pinks, the tomatoes and corn were fantastic.

-ate shrimp for lunch that had been caught that morning, dipped in butter, yum.

-kept thanking God for our blessings and His creation.

-kept thanking our husbands for being such great fellas. Every time one of us talked to our kids, the kids would say how much fun they were having with their Daddies!

We had an amazing trip, the cottage, the beach, the weather, and best of all, my favorite girls.