Road Trip

It's been 4 days since my husband left to return to work and it feels like it's been weeks. I would have gone down sooner to see him if it hadn't been for doctor appointments and other appointments that we couldn't reschedule. I was finally able to get out of town around noon and since our friends Susan and Stacey were going to Charleston too, we decided to just follow each other down there. So I packed up the dogs and headed over to Susan's for the 3 1/2 hour down the coast. In my car I have one of those built in baby mirrors. It had been one feature we liked when buying the car because we had hoped that soon we would have a baby to look at back there. For now, though, I use it to watch my dogs and see what funny things they are doing in the backseat while riding. Today I saw some real puppy love going on back there. Buster was using JoJo's butt as a pillow and somehow without turning around I did manage to capture a couple of pictures of this amazing cuteness. It made me chuckle to see them snuggling like this in the backseat.

My friend Kathy had told me earlier in the week that while I drove to Charleston I should roll the windows down and turn the music up and just breathe it all in. Since it was a beautiful sunshiny day I decided I would take her advice and do it. There is something exhilarating about the wind in your hair and the music so loud you can't hear your awful singing over it. I'm sure the dogs appreciated the fresh air as only dogs in cars do.

 Our party arrived in Charleston around mid afternoon, but Marshall was going to be at work until at least 9pm or so. The girls and I decided to not waste any time and go do some shopping. On the way, though we saw the elusive Charleston deer in my in-law's neighborhood so we pulled over and took pictures. You would have thought we had never seen a deer a day in our lives the way we carried on. We were hoping to see the much talked about 8 foot alligator that has been spotted in my in-law's backyard pond, but he didn't want to come out for us today. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

 About the time we were shopped out (or at least our wallets were for the evening), Marshall got off work. So he met us at Susan and Stacey's hotel room where they tried to break down the wall. Both Stacy and Marshall thought the wall looked like a shoji that would pull out and separate the room so they both tried to pull the wall out just to see if it would indeed move. We finally decided it was late and if we continued to cut up in the hotel room the way we were they were going to get kicked out before they even stayed. So, we left and went to Wild Wing Cafe for some dinner and live music. I don't believe I've seen a Wild Wing so packed other than during football season. The band was good so perhaps that was why. The band was called Plane Jane and we are told they play every Friday night there. After a busy day of driving, shopping and cutting up we all decided to retire to bed so we could get up early and hit it hard. Amazingly, Susan and Stacey have never been to Charleston before so we will be heading downtown for them to check out the Market and all the historical sights of downtown.