We got to Charleston around 4pm on Friday, July 17. It was cloudy & icky out...it had rained off & on all the way there, but we talked most of the way--kinda last-minute clarification of our deepest principles & those things people usually talk about before deciding to spend the next 100 years together (if they're *SMART*, that is! *G*) So, despite the rain & gloomy weather, it was a great trip to Charleston! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We found the campground easily from the directions we'd been given. We checked in--then went about pitching a tent neither of us knew anything about that had NO instructions with it (it was borrowed)....& we did this in the rain (which got PURDY nasty at times!!) It took a lil time, a lil bit o cussin', & a *great deal* of persistence, but we finally got the tent set up--only to call Tina & find she *wasn't* at home OR work, so we set about checking out sites on our own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tina was really GREAT....it's not easy finding someone who doesn't charge a small fortune to perform a simple task AND be willing to do whatever you want done--right down to her taking her shoes off & wading in the surf with us! THAT, btw, was NOT what we originally planned; it was a decision we'd made & forgot to tell her about, but she was a trooper, that lady. She was SO flexible & went along with what WE wanted....and she even supplied us with a camera person--her roommate!!!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Splsh & I had first decided to get married aboard the dinner/dance cruise....then we decided to get married on the beach instead....& so we went from getting married at sunset on a ship to the beach at 5:30pm....THEN we decided when we finally caught up with Tina Saturday morning and she asked when we wanted to 'do it' (NO comments, you pervs! :P)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, we told Tina we'd meet her at 12:30 & take her to our chosen site then. She said great, and that's what we did!!!! That may not have been a smart move.....since the heat at that hour melted my makeup & threatened to do us in, but c`est la vie! *G*

 

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