sea cow

although i do feel like a sea cow, that is where we ate this morning. pretty good fare and a great local toy store next door called the marsh monkey. this area of the beach is more down to earth than the more "stuffy" parts of the island. funny how some of the island transplants are rude and snobby, but all of the locals are very cool.

old post office restaurant

because we weren't quick on the draw last night, the old post office would not have us. we decided to make early reservations to dine at edisto's finest, the old post office restaurant. google it once and you will find that the old post office has plenty of acclaim as a spiced up lowdown country food and gourmet getaway. shrimp grits and pork chops highlight the menus, but dorry and i opted for the crabcakes and filet. btw, the old post office is kid friendly like a china shop, so beware. overall, it was the best meal that i have had all year.

boogie, boogie

bought a boogie board and a frisbee at at a local gift shop. wall-to-wall two-dollar souveniers paved the way to the twelve dollar boogie board and four dollar frisbee. next door was a fine eatery.

okay, so doug has stepped in on the blog scene, so I am going to let him post the bulk of the pictures. This morning we rolled out on our bikes. This flat island compares little to the peaks and valleys of east tennessee. doug, audrey, and i turned seven and a half hours into two hours. detours, doug's dives, and drudging sandy drives dotted our day of biking.

edisto has bike trails throughout, which makes for nice riding.

father and daughter look for seashells

doug gets first injury

pelicans fly over head

audrey sees the ocean for the first time

edisto beach

after a number of phone calls, speaking with reservationists and holiday gatekeepers, we decided that $350 for a week stay in the luxurious 2 bedroom condo was too good to pass up.

heading east

we met up with doug and kelly, tossed a few coins, and decided to head east.

where in the world?

At 6:30 am dorry and i awoke without an idea as to where we were going. for several weeks we had planned to go on vacation, but as the days counted down we had little idea as to where we were going. when we went to bed last night we were either going to florida or north carolina or south caroline. in short, we had no idea where in the world we were going.