April Break

This year we had such a great plan for April break.  It included meeting up with 7 other families in Pisgah.  We reserved sites and we were fired up.  But sometimes the best laid plans...... are just that.  Plans ..... and we needed to be flexible because sometimes they need to change.  As it turn out, the weeks leading up to our trip were cold and rainy here in VT.  Weather forecasts showed the same exact weather holding on strong over the Asheville/Pisgah area.  Families started dropping out on the plan in the days leading up to it.... One family decided to go to the caribbean, another decided to stay here, and another headed to Florida.  So, the rest of us decided to head south to Harrisonburg, Virginia and see how the weather panned out.  We packed bikes and camping stuff and headed south as we normally do.  First stop was Nana and Grandpa's.  

Next we stopped at Hester and Hudnell's for a night.  The weather was beautiful, so we left early on Sunday morning and made it to Harrisonburg by 10am.  John and I got to join some of the guys for a great ride.  We also rode the next day, but then the rain began.  At the last moment, we decided to change plans entirely and head to Hilton Head.  Sherry and George are wonderful about always making us feel welcome,so we jumped on the opportunity to be in warm sunshine and play with them:

Within an hour of being there, we were on our bikes at Pinkney Island.  We saw crocodiles and sand crabs.  John even saw a five foot long rat snake in a tree!

viewing alligators

A corn snake that John climbed upon

searching for crabs

The following day, George arranged for us to borrow kayaks from his friend George in Beaufort, SC.  We saw crabs and sharks!  We even got fresh oysters:

It was wonderful to be at the beach!

And Sherry took the time to go shark tooth hunting with us:

We also loved hearing my Grandfather's story that Sherry is working hard to transcribe:

On our way home, we stopped through Charleston to have lunch with Izzy Johnston and then had a wonderful night at Lindsay and Silas' house north of Charleston in Cross.

Exploring Charleston

Biking with Kai