Pawley's Island, South Carolina Beach

This is what Pawley's Island looks like from the back porch of the old beach hotel were we stayed. It was very relaxing.

Best part of the trip was when another guest told me with a completely straight face that they were going down to the beach music festival, taking chars and plopping down around the dance floor to watch couples shag all night.

I've been in Britain long enough to almost fall out of my chair. When I told the retired teacher what "shag all night" implied in UK slang I thought she was going to turn into a beet. But then she had a good giggle and went anyway.

Travels since April

Wow, I've been back from vacation for almost two weeks and still running to catch up. Need to get some photos of friends I visited on my trip back to visit Atlanta. Had a great time seeing old friends and catching up. The trip to South Carolina's Pawley's Island was excellent as well. We stayed at the Sea View Inn. Which has not disappointed for the second year in a row. No phones , no TV; just the beach and a really great porch. Doesn't take much to get me happy at the beach.

A rainy bank holiday later, I'm just headed up to Shrewsbury for a work event. Don't know anything about Shrewsbury except the guide says its the County Town of Shropshire, the birthplace of Charles Darwin and features the Shrewsbury Abbey (which is the mythical home to Brother Cadfael).

As usual I am packing on the fly and cannot find my camera - where does that thing hide. Will try and get some decent pictures from someone else's camera on my walk through the town on Saturday morning.

Hope all is well with everyone - tell me about your summer plans.