A First

Scott and I went to Murrells Inlet for the holiday weekend (Labor Day). A first for me, we were chased away from the beach by a bunch of gnats! This has never happened in my whole life! That was our first night there (Thursday). We left Thursday afternoon so we could go to the beach before sundown.

Friday morning, we went again and it was perfect! We stayed a few hours and then went back to Dad's to work on his floor. Friday night there were quite a few mosquitoes, but they didn't chase us away. Saturday night I was ready for anything. Gnats, mosquitoes and cold sea breezes. We stayed till 9:30 and it was gorgeous. Breathing in the sea breezes brings restoration to my soul. I needed more restoration than usual so we stayed out after dark! Sunday morning was awesome. It was cool and cloudy. We stayed till 11:30 and then went and cleaned up and packed to go home.

The welcome home greetings from Bear and Chloe were very loud and excited. Joel was glad we were home as well, but he could contain himself. Julia was gone for the weekend as well and she returned safely last night. (Monday)

I had prepared a picture biography of our trip, but I'm not sure what happened to them. We used Scott's camera as well as mine. When I opened his, there were only the new guitar pictures. I will see if mine retained some pictures and post them later.