Edisto Getaway

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! This past weekend my husband and I got out of town in the camper for the hubs 54th birthday. We stuck close to home this trip since he had surgery 3 weeks ago and doesn't quiet have all his strength back. So we went to one of our favorite places, Edisto Beach.  We are truly blessed to live so close to not one but two of the most beautiful beaches on the East Coast.

 As much as I love the warm weather, I am definitely ready for it to cool down. It was almost 90 degrees on Friday and Saturday! Hardly Fall weather, but we were lucky it was such a nice weekend.

Saturday we took a 4 mile bike ride on a nature trail inside the state park. 

The photos aren't the best quality ,as I took them with the phone. My husband didn't want be to put the Nikon in the basket of my beach cruiser.....  jeez.. why not? :)

                                   The salt marsh in the early morning, we were riding over a little bridge.

                                         This is a large Oak Tree. The roots were salt water soaked and gives the                                                   appearance of driftwood.The detail in the wood was so pretty.

                                  The part of the trail we took was on an ancient shell mound, this mound of   
                                  Oyster shells  was  about 15 feet high.

                                                This is Store Creek along the nature trail path.

                              After a two hour ride and picture taking we went and grabbed some lunch.

              The other side of the Pavilion is a bar where this rather large crustacean was standing!

  

Then we hit the beach for a bit it was so pretty out. We couldn't get a spot on the beach side of the Campground this trip, we had to stay down the road at The Oaks . The campground was lovely, and so was the beach!

My husband loves to cook, and when we camp he does all the cooking.This is what I him  for his birthday. This my friends is the Camp Chef Explorer! It is a steel and cast iron two burner stove. I am so lucky to have a husband that cooks, and does it so well. This stove is great ! If you camp a lot it is super to have, and  there are several different models.

         The weekends seem to go so fast.. this was a lovely way to spend it. Have a great day!




       Linda

Jute Starfish

I have had so many compliments on this, I decided to share it with you.I have never seen this done, but if you have I would like to know. We were camping on Edisto Beach SC last spring. I went on my usual mission of collecting shells and other treasures.I must have been on this little inlet for hours searching, when what to my wondering eyes should appear? I hit the mother load!( in my eyes anyway) I found at least 2 dozen starfish up towards the drier part of the inlet, as well as sea urchins. Whoo hoo!!!Understand, I have never seen a sea urchin in it's natural state so I was so excited, and hadn't seen a starfish in years!

The Sea Urchins were either, pink, green, or purple. Some had the quills on them and some didn't.





These particular star fish are very gray in color and some what smooth.

I rinsed the urchins and the starfish in fresh water, then added just a little bleach to some more fresh water. I wasn't sure what bleach would do to to Them so I was being very careful.I let them dry in the sun for several days. The colors were still beautiful on the urchins, and the starfish was just a bit lighter. I hardened them both the same way I do a sand dollar. Equal parts water and Elmer's glue. The starfish became very flimsy when wet.. and still didn't seem hard enough, so I got out some enamel paint and painted it a very light color.I had no idea what I was going to do with the starfish, but had plenty of uses for the urchins



I figured it was good and hard with the paint on it, so I decided to wrap it in sisal.I used my glue gun and glued the sisal to the starfish as i wrapped it.I got all the legs done and  hmmmm....what now? The sea urchins were just the right size to fit in the center of the starfish. I had painted the starfish light enough that you couldn't tell there is a little bare spot where the sisal ends.







I added an urchin to  the other side of the starfish, and adorned it with some old pearls from some old earrings,  at the end of each leg and in the center of the urchin. On the top I used part of the earring ,opened up a hook and now it can be hung . I am going to make several in different sizes and place them in a bowl or make a garland.