Kiawah, Friday

Our last full day. Lazy, relaxing, sleep-in morning.

Time to beach bike. About 8 miles, give or take. Thought we'd go both west and east along the beach, but the winds were a-blowing easterly, so we backtracked to the bike path for 4-1/2 or so miles. Then, cut-in to the beach and let the ocean breezes push us along easterly, with the wind. Loverly.

Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge

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Quick showers (The de-sweating, cleaning kind. Not rain.) and we drove Route 17 across Arthur Ravenal, Jr.'s Bridge to Mount Pleasant and Shem Creek Bar and Grill for a late lunch. Shrimp and grits for BZY, while I had a Carolina burger plate (hamburger, chili, American cheese, and onion strings) with Hushpuppies!, and a cup of She Crab soup.

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Full-full-full. Ugh!

Boone Hall Plantation

Boone Hall Plantation

Boone Hall Plantation

We got to Boone Hall Plantation in time for the 4:00pm house tour (loved it!) and the 4:45 cart (trolley) tour of the grounds. Delightful people work at Boone Hall. We felt well-informed and well-cared for. And, the threatening weather held off until we'd found a Starbucks, pumpkin spice beverages, and an outside table. No desire to participate in the 5:30 traffic back-up.

By 6:15pm we were once again in the car driving--in a down-pour--back to Kiawah. We loved twice today flying across the sailing ship that is the Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge.

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