Edi-slow

The most amazing things keep happening to us. We woke up for a second day at Edisto beach state park and the plasure of sleeping in the same place twice was enough to get things rolling in a great direction. We started the day with hot showers and then had a lovely conversation with the invertebrate class from Western Carolina. We learned a lot about spiders. 

Meg who owns and operates Botany Bay tours had arranged to pick us up and drive us to Holloywood, SC to collect the truck. On the way she invited to team to a late afternoon crab crack on a historic cotton plantation. We gave a wholehearted Yes. 

We spent the time between packing a 17 foot boat, 16 foot boat and a 15 foot boat into a 15 foot truck. That is when you have to pull out the diagonal. 

All the 17 foot trucks were rented. 

We then went to the beach where Chris tried his hand at sea kayaking which he enjoyed. We saw dolphins which had joined us in our boats on Thursday as well. Apparently they are very common here. 

And then we headed out to the crab crack. We met a wonderful group of local folks who knew how to have a great gathering that included good stories and good food with great crab. The crab was caught from the scenic tidal waterway directly in the backyard of the party. The property was family land of Parham our host. The land had been in her family since it was deeded to them by the King of England during the colonial era. It was a stellar end of a paddle to the coast. We were grateful to meet such generous and nice people. 

Meg of Botany Bay tours. 

Martha who showed is how to crack the crab the right way. 

Good folk, good eats. 

The team is loaded up in the uhaul headed back to Aiken state park. 

Besides the people that made the trip wonderful I want to note that my one pair of smart wool socks have been on my feet for nearly 11 days, they smell great and I never got a misquito bite through those things.