a mini vaca ...

We managed to squeeze in a 5-day get-a-way to Myrtle Beach before Cari's heads off to school. It's been one of those crazy summers, again, where we haven't gotten to do nearly enough of the fun things we had planned. I guess that's just life. This summer our curve ball was Peanut's eye issues. Life goes on - you just have to deal, right? So we dropped Peanut off at Mom and Dad's Sunday morning and head out to Myrtle Beach. I was SO ready to get the hell out of Dodge for a while. This was one vacation that wasn't "planned out." Our "plan" was to do nothing - the entire time. We haven't had one of those in a long time. Usually, we like to go somewhere new and explore - which is awesome, but it can also be exhausting. We walked on the beach, played in the pool, ate in some dives, read our books and just hung out. It was wonderful.

Some of the best fun we had was "planting cherry trees." This tradition began two years ago in Yosemite. We sat on the deck of our rental house seeing who could spit cherry seeds the farthest. It's amazing how much fun you can have doing something so simple. This year we had to exercise some patience waiting to spit our seeds in between people walking by. I imagine we got a few looks from people wondering what in the world we were laughing so hard about. 

We learned, though, that four days of that just isn't enough. It takes a few days just to unwind. By the time we really started getting relaxed, it was time to pack up and come home again. Oh well, it was something. Bob wants to go for two weeks next year. :) Fine with me! Anyway, here are a few pics from the trip ...

Now we're back home getting things together for Cari's move ... I'm sure I'll be back with fun stories about that!

til next time ...
QB