After the Philly showdown, we head south to visit some of Margaret’s family. On the way down to visit the family (meeting up in S.C.) we decided to camp. The hotels have been much more expensive on this trip than I’d expected, and a few days in a cold room with a T.V. and tiny fridge is enough. We looked up Santee State Park and saw that it looked good. It has trails and lakes and tent camping. It was good. The August heat and humidity of South Carolina could’ve been a whole lot worse. We had a fire at night to ward off the evil mossies, swam in the lake in the early morn, and “hiked” a trail before breaking down camp and leaving.

The lake had a cypress forest in the middle.

I’m looking forward to getting back and getting started on all the new orders. Its a little difficult to enjoy being away when you got work to do. But that’s the point of getting away usually, right? Realizing that work is a good thing, but rest is needed too.