Monday, August 25, 2008
On the beach...
Caroline is in town and one Jennifer's friends arranged a beach house on Folly Beach for a week. We had a great time laying around, eating seafood, reading books and having cocktails. It was Jack's first week long beach trip...he just loved the bitch. All the beach running wore him out, he took a 2 hour nap and was in bed early every night. Best of all when we got ready to go home it was only a 20 minute drive.
For those of you who don't know Folly Beach is a step back in time. Reminds me of Gulf Shores in the 1960's. The island is about 10 miles long and 1/2 mile wide. There is a four story Holiday Inn which is the only hotel on the beach. There are a couple mom and pop cottage motels and all the rest is private beach houses, a few three story condos and homes. Most of the people on the beach are there for a day trip and hang out near the city fishing pier shown in attached night picture...we were in a house about 400 yards from the pier. Added in a 3 block commercial strip with souvenir shops, biker bars, restaurants and one gas station and that's about it. Basic beach.