Summer Vacation - Day 7

Day 7 - They can't get rid of some of us.....

Our plan today was to take the boat to an island for some shelling. Because the morning was so hot and muggy, we decided to go out in the late afternoon. Unfortunately, nature had another idea. The rain started at about 3:30 P.M. It was a gentle rain accompanied by some rumbling thunder and dangerous-looking black clouds. We spent the day talking and reading. Tom and James disappeared into the barn, which James has turned into a recording studio. We assumed they were up there making music together.....

It was another relaxing day, and we ended it by going into downtown McClellanville for dinner. Downtown is quite different from the historic district that we had traveled through on our way to Joyce's. It is a town of roughly less than 350 people, and it is surrounded by the Francis Marion National Forest. It is a commercial fishing village with shrimping being the primary source of income.


We drove past the library, a small house sitting behind trees, homes located along the coast, and the shrimping docks. We ate dinner at T.W. Graham's and Co. It is a small restaurant with a bar area, a kitchen, 6 tables inside, and 6 tables outside on the small side porch. We slurped down grilled shrimp, fried shrimp, buffalo shrimp, fish, hush puppies, and coleslaw. We finished the meal off with some homemade coconut pie and headed back to the house in the woods.

Tom leaves tomorrow for home. We, women, are heading to Seabrook Island to Cousin Mandy's beach house.