Road Trip 2011 Part 2: The Charleston Adventures Day 4

Finally, a good beach day!

Wednesday was reasonably warm and most importantly, not rainy!

So we hit the beach and explored our little island vacation home...

Since it was the off season we were practically the only people on the beach, especially early in the day.

Between the dunes and the puffy grey clouds, I was in photographer's heaven!

I even found this creepy little guy along the surf.  He was pretty creepy looking, but harmless enough.  In any case, he didn't protest when I picked him and moved him farther out into the water.

Here's Earl daydreaming that he owns one of these gorgeous beach houses!

We didn't do anything besides enjoy the sun, surf, and sand.  It was a beautiful beach day!

But the real magic began as the sun went down...

A mist settled over the beach...

giving everything a very surreal appearance.

So we headed out armed with buckets, shovels, and a kite...

we harnessed the wind... 

and dug for buried treasure...

and then watched the full moon rise over the eerily still ocean waters.

We stayed out until the mosquitos chased us back inside, and then we sat on the balcony for several more hours, not quite willing to end this day. 

Fortunately, we had a really fun activity planned for the next morning....