Four friends, an eight hour drive, and a cottage home just steps from the beach. Great food, carefree days (minus a few nasty jellyfish stings), and time to just be. A perfect trip with lovely friends to one of the most pristine coastal settings in the South. Let’s do it again, ladies!
When’s your next wedding? Next weekend in Charleston! What are you doing for your anniversary? Going to Charleston. Have you thought about doing a babymoon? We’re headed to Charleston! Thus, entered my silly name for our trip this past weekend… the workanniversababymoon. In a way, we figured we’d knock out a couple of momentous things...
In going, I did not know what to expect. It had been years. Many, many since I had been to the area. Many since I had seen my family. And just enough to approach the journey with as much hesitation as anticipation. It is hard going back in circumstances one wishes were not so. But...
We knew what we were walking into – or rather, driving into – when it came to our visit to Crater Lake. 116″ snow drifts, little to no traffic, and an out-of-the-way destination. Just the formula for what feels like an escape to your own alpine haven. Winter in June, and it was just sublime....
As much as I loved Yosemite, Redwood was… even lovelier. There, I said it. Maybe, had my heart and mind not needed such a lightening as only the coast is apt to provide me, it would have not had the advantage. But in the end, it did. And even now, as I sit here poring...
