Published: April 4th 2009April 4th 2009
The Atlantic
Behold Shawn's first encounter with the ocean.
A few weeks ago I went to South Carolina with my boyfriend, Shawn, and a few friends. We drove there. Twenty-five hours straight. Couldn't tell you how we did it. We broke up the drive on the way back and that was much more fun.
Anyway, we stayed on Edisto Island, which is about 45 minutes south of Charleston. It's a lovely little place with 15 churches! (There's a church on every corner in the south, it would seem.) We spent time on the beach, made pina coladas and pizza, hung out, went up to Charleston twice, and generally had a relaxing vacation.
On the drive back we went through North Carolina's Blue Ridge (it took a while driving 20 mph through the mountains, but they were lovely!), stopped in Nashville to see the Parthenon (oh, American kitsch), and spent a day in St. Louis with my friend Melissa, who is in law
Fog
We had some pretty epic fog the first few days.
Highlights:
1. Wandering Charleston and ogling at all the gorgeous houses.
2. Riding a ferry out to Ft. Sumter and poking around at American history for a few hours.
3. The beach! It was a bit chilly, but we had to spend some time there with the sand blowing and the seagulls forming a perimeter around us in hopes of food.
4. The drive back - so fun.
5. St. Louis is a great town!
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I'm a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a passion for photography and people! I'm working as a page designer at the Beatrice Daily Sun, a small newspaper in a small town in southeastern Nebraska. There's not a whole lot to do around here, so I drive a lot, looking for photo opportunities. At least the living's cheap! I'm looking forward to moving back to a big city and more opportunities for travel!
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On the way across the swamp
This bridge Shawn and I are standing on spanned a whole lot of nasty sludgy mud.
On the beach
We made camp beside a rock surf-breaker that for us acted as a wind-breaker.
The birds
See? They formed a perimeter.
One of many
I need to make a lot of money or win the lottery and retire to Charleston.
We really like bridges
The Ravenel bridge that connects Charleston to Mount Pleasant.
Bridal Veil Falls
Somewhere in the Blue Ridge.
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