Last Day

The most important ingredient for a fantastic vacation is including the people you love the most. I have spent the last four days with some of those people, and we have laughed hard and made some memories.

Last night at Gilligan's, after writing a vacation limerick or two with the help of Julie via text message, we shared favorite all time memories from Kiawah. We reminisced about our honeymoon, Thomas and Julie's engagement, the antics of the Ethan's, cereal wars, and long discussions about the pronunciation of the word "foot" while floating in the ocean holding boogie boards.

It has been only a few days, not a full week, but we all feel richly blessed. We witnessed an extravagant sunrise and tried to capture the beauty on our cameras. Ethan went to the beach after dark and laid down on a towel so that he could take in the breath-taking beauty of the stars and count the shooting stars. I took bike rides in the cool mornings with my true love. Clear skies and 80-degree temperatures have been perfect for sunbathing, splashing in the waves, playing games, and building sand structures. We have seen baby alligators, deer (aka "kangaroos"), and so many exotic looking butterflies.

We way goodbye reluctantly, but with the hope of returning next year.