Family Vacation

Despite the fact that there are only three of us, we live hundreds of miles from family, I stay home and Charlie isn't in school yet, Jason, Charlie and I do a really good job of staying incredibly busy...so much so that up until now we've only taken one vacation just the three of us.

Now the flip side of that is that we have met various family and friends in all sorts of wonderful places throughout the Southeast and rest of the country over the past four and a half years...so I am not complaining, but Jason and I both had a strong desire to take a little family getaway this fall.

Well, the next thing you know it was late October and we hadn't planned anything, so we scurried to book an overflow camp site at James Island County Park (6 miles from our house) for last weekend -- who knew that Charleston area campsites were booked months in advance even in the winter??? 

Then we all got sick and the temperatures plummeted, so we called back to attempt a reschedule for this weekend...despite a football game, birthday party and the Lowcountry Walk for Life...  Amazingly, they'd had a real campsite open up (not just open spot in a field), and it turns out, the best site in the park according to the camp host. 

So Jason and I spent Thursday and Friday finding, packing, loading and baking, all while watching the weather forecast.  Typically in Charleston you have either no chance of rain, a 30% chance (if they have no idea what is going to happen) or a 60% chance (if they really think it might rain for at least a few minutes in parts of the city)...but no...  Friday night had a 100% chance of rain from 11 PM to 2 AM.

We both considered cancelling.  We both really thought it was the smart thing to do.  But we both really wanted to go, so we went.

And six miles from home, in the midst of a heavy rainstorm, with a 6 hour return to "real life" during the day Saturday we had a FABULOUS vacation....and a delicious crab dinner Sunday night to top it off.  Vacation is definitely a state of mind...