On Friday Ashley and I drove down to Charleston, SC, for a mini vacation. We spent the night downtown and went out with his cousin Martin and Martin's girlfriend Kristin (and her college friends). Saturday morning, Ashley and I drove over to Mt. Pleasant to have lunch at Vickery's on Shem Creek. We got to cross the new bridge. It's quite the engineering feat--6 lanes of traffic across the water. There used to be two old rickety bridges where this one now stands. What a great improvement!
Artistic editing of one of my photos. The clouds really were incredible today, though!
At the marsh outside of Vickery's. We have long decided that should we ever have enough money for a second home it would either be on the beach or off the marsh/inner coastal waterway. 
The day was so beautiful. I'm hoping to try to paint a version of this shot.
While waiting for our lunch to come, I played around with the camera. See the extra things in my sunglasses??
One of South Carolina's state trees...
After lunch we headed to Folly Beach to hang out with Martin, Kristin, etc. The water was perfect and it wasn't too hot (nice contrast to our two weeks of 100+ temps). Instead of spending another night in Charleston we decided to drive back to Columbia (approx. 1.5 hrs). Before leaving, though, we had dinner at Sermet's Corner off of King Street. This a MUST-GO restaurant. Read the NY Times review here: http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/south-carolina/charleston/restaurant-detail.html?vid=1154654626019
Ashley and I started off our meal with calamari (not fried...mixed with fresh fennel, tomatoes, capers, oregano, balsamic vinegar)= AMAZING. Ashley had pesto-encrusted talapia and I had honey/lavendar pork tenderloin. All of the food was great, but especially the calamari and bread with olive oil. Yum! Finding a great restaurant is one of the most satisfying things. :o)
Artistic editing of one of my photos. The clouds really were incredible today, though!At the marsh outside of Vickery's. We have long decided that should we ever have enough money for a second home it would either be on the beach or off the marsh/inner coastal waterway. The day was so beautiful. I'm hoping to try to paint a version of this shot.While waiting for our lunch to come, I played around with the camera. See the extra things in my sunglasses??
One of South Carolina's state trees...
After lunch we headed to Folly Beach to hang out with Martin, Kristin, etc. The water was perfect and it wasn't too hot (nice contrast to our two weeks of 100+ temps). Instead of spending another night in Charleston we decided to drive back to Columbia (approx. 1.5 hrs). Before leaving, though, we had dinner at Sermet's Corner off of King Street. This a MUST-GO restaurant. Read the NY Times review here: http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/south-carolina/charleston/restaurant-detail.html?vid=1154654626019Ashley and I started off our meal with calamari (not fried...mixed with fresh fennel, tomatoes, capers, oregano, balsamic vinegar)= AMAZING. Ashley had pesto-encrusted talapia and I had honey/lavendar pork tenderloin. All of the food was great, but especially the calamari and bread with olive oil. Yum! Finding a great restaurant is one of the most satisfying things. :o)
One of the highlights of the trip for us was touring the 
Part of the battlefields.
On the trip back from Gettysburg to Dover, PA.
Saturday night, Kevin decided he wanted his flannel shirt to be sleeveless....so Ashley fixed it up!
Ashley and Kevin
On Sunday Ashley went to McBee with some of his friends to work on getting ready for deer hunting. Here is his latest fashion statement, dirt leggings! Gross but funny!
