A Fripp vacation

This year we vacationed at Fripp Island with some friends (instead of our normal Gulf Coast trip). We had planned this trip long before the oil mess, just in case you were wondering :)

Fripp Island, SC was a beautiful place! It took us about 8 hours to get there (and almost 9 to get home - was the extra time due to the traffic and rain or because I didn't drive on the way home??!?!? ;)

Here are my boys on the beach... The waves were great for boogie boarding and the water was just the right temperature to cool us off!

There are 'wild' deer on Fripp and they love to be fed! B's goal during the week was to feel their antlers - he did it on Friday night! Such an amazing experience!

Each morning, we could go and find the newly marked sea turtle nests.

Oh, and we learned to play bocce ball!

The 3 of us took an excursion one afternoon to the Hunting Island Lighthouse.

We climbed all 1,999,999 steps (ok, so it wasn't quite that many...) to the top and were treated to a nice breeze and a beautiful view!

There was a lot of sand digging and castle building. You can imagine my disappointment when Bennett explained that he didn't really like the beach (on, about, Tuesday) because the sand irritated him.

So, Brad buried him :)

Gator hunting was another exciting nightly event. These guys, big and small, were all over the golf course!

This is a close as we got - but Laci was still freaked out! :)

Brad and I took a walk one morning and I practiced a little of my mad manual photography skills...

And then one night, we all braved the wind and tried to get some family pictures. For Brad, the wind wasn't a problem... but for everyone else, it was a disaster :)

We had a great time on the island! Lots of good food. Fun on the beach. Amazing changes in the shore as the tide went in and out. Sand dollars, deer, alligators, and Nash the wonder Sheltie. Shopping in Beaufort. Splashing in the pool. and Scrapbooking (I'll post pics of that soon!!)

How has your summer been?