Charleston SC

A trip to Charleston has been on MY radar for a while now, but life has gotten in the way and it had to be postponed.  This year I really wanted to make it happen, and we did.  Jonn, Jenna, Jack and Sam joined us for the first part of the trip and we had a great time.  Lots of biking, paddleboats and campfire with smores.  The weather was perfect and James Island Campground is perfect for the kids.  Take a look at this Superkid...

 

 

 

 The Livingstons were with us for the weekend and then it was our time.  We enjoyed the marketplace in Charleston, several lovely seafood meals, the pineapple fountain downtown, a carriage tour of the city and on the harbor tour I got a great shot of the beautiful new bridge to Mt. Pleasant.We took a picture of Rainbow Row and accidentally found the Dock Street Theater,  But in the last picture taken on Folly Beach you can see that a storm is a coming.  This trip, even though it was cut short,  was exactly what I was looking forward to and as it turned out our last trip in the Lance.  We sold it when we got home and set our sights of something a little larger, with central air conditioning.

................And then Hurricane Matthew began to bear down on Charleston and we had to evacuate. We cut the trip short by a day but we really enjoyed our time there.  After a couple of hours to pack up and fill up with gas we pulled out of James Island at 10 pm and got home at 3:30 am.  A typically 3 1/2 hour trip had taken 5 1/2 hours but we were very grateful to be safely home.  So long James Island, we hope to see you again very soon!

Celia and Lily (almost) go camping!!

It was our summer week with the girls and we were going camping!!  Maggie Valley is a beautiful area and there are lots of things to do.  Swimming pool, bikes, craft projects, lots of adventures planned and a fever that simply wouldn't go away.  Celia was sick and we just couldn't kick it.  We had a good time but it was not the trip that we had planned.  Maybe next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GTO highlights, dear friends and time with a special lady

John and I have discovered that one of the especially fun things to do in the GTO is take friends out for a ride.  Usually they either have memories of owning a classic, know someone who had one or they just have an appreciation of times gone by. ....... And it is fun to be out in it on a good day because this baby gets a lot of attention.


 
Tris and Tom came into town just a few months before their wedding.  A tour of downtown on a beautiful day with these two lovebirds was lots of fun!!

TJ and Meaghan were finally able to schedule a visit including barbecue at Hubba Hubba in Flat Rock. Little did WE know that they would soon be announcing that a baby is on the way!!!!!

Mike and Marianne are so much fun!  We made the sacrifice (just kidding) and went our for some great mexican food at Papas and Beer in Hendersonville.  Marianne's hair is so much fun in the wind!

Don and JoAnn came up for a quick weekend visit and while they were here we set the date and  started making plans for our May 2017 trip together to Hawaii.  

And this trip didn't include the GTO but I thoroughly enjoyed a long overdue visit to Valdese to see my cousin Marilee and her husband Ken.  She has known me all of my life and it warms my heart to hear the good old family stories.