A SPONTANEOUS PHOTO FEAST

Are you ready for a gazillion photos?

Barry surprised us all with a very spontaneous day off last week. We went to several places, all just for fun. The following are several photos from that day. I was feeling creative tonight, so I post processed these and then decided to share them. Tomorrow will be spent uploading more recent photos to the website for client viewing..... but for now, just a little photo fun.

One of our stops was at Moore's Creek Battlefield, not far from the house.

Moore's Creek claims to be one of the turning point victories for the Patriots during the Revolutionary War. We had a great time learning about so many historical things. And, being the homeschool family we are, we didn't waste an opportunity for "class". The kids all earned a patch for their Jr. Ranger profile. It wasn't all that easy in that they had to write a small essay and find a truckload of answers scattered over the WHOLE park.

Lizards are all over place down here.

And just about everywhere you look, you can see brackish water and Cypress knees.

This is the bridge (rebuilt, of course) where the Loyalists found their demise. The Patriots has set up a decoy camp on this side of the bridge and the Loyalists thought it just deserted. However, when they crossed the bridge (which had been covered with grease after having been half taken apart), they discovered something very different: The Patriots were hiding behind some mounds they had built themselves.

To their surprise, "Americans" had two very devastating weapons:

1) The Swivel Gun

and

2) a nasty cannon.


While the older three wore themselves out hunting answers, Ben seized every opportunity to hideout with his "gun" and shoot the Loyalists (which happened to be mommy with her camera).
We also enjoyed some time at Lake Waccamaw. There is "swamp" all around the lake, and that's where we found some very interesting critters that are simply not seen in the mountains. By the way, NO, I did NOT have a telephoto lens. We were that close to the things!!!!
This one was the biggest one we saw and he looked about 5 feet long. He seemed to be enjoying just chillin' with the cooters (yeah, that's what they call turtles down here, too).

But, yeah, the cooters are pretty cute ~ even if they are ALL OVER!

The following photo will probably only interest a select few. You know who you are.

; )

Next, we headed to Fort Caswell at Oak Island. The Baptists have a camp there. It was a neat place, too. This is the light house there. It is located right beside of the Coast Guard.

I couldn't decide which photo from our excursion would make the cut as my favorite. Turns out I have TWO.

See below.....

(1)

(2)

We ended our spontanaeity with a special dinner at THE GIANT CRAB in Myrtle Beach. Boy! Were the kids surprised. They'd never been to a gigantinormous seafood buffet before, let alone seen their Daddy eat mussels and oysters (well, I hadn't seen that part either). I think that was a once-in-a-lifetime event for all of us ~ even HIM!

Oh, and just about the best news I can think of to post:

SPRING IS HERE!!!!