We had a couple trips on vaca. One was to watch Derek in the Charleston Sprint Triathlon. I don't brag on my hubby much but he has been working so hard and his time and body show it. He came in 5th in his age group and I've never seen his body looking so fit. I am so happy for the example he sets for Van who will most likely follow in his footsteps.
Van is hyper-aware of a bicycle, helmet, running and swimming. My only hope as a mother is that he sticks to Sprint Triathlons. Because in my opinion, anything beyond is truly crazy and damaging to the body.
Our next trip was to the Aquarium. It was cool but a little disappointing. I got to feed sting rays, see a bald eagle, sharks, jellyfish, a white alligator, but where were the penguins??????? Van enjoyed the otter, pelicans, stingrays, jellyfish, and divers. Not sure he was old enough to fully appreciate all the animals but I think he had a great day.
After the aquarium, we hit up the Charleston Crab House. Yumm Yumm. But I wondered why their sign was upside down?
On our way home, we stopped by to see the Angel Oak.
"The Angel Oak is a Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) that is a native species found throughout the Lowcountry (Coastal Carolina). Believed to be in excess of 1500 years old, its massive, draping limbs and wide spreading canopy present the aura of an angel but the naming of this tree was acquired from the tree's previous owners, Martha and Justin Angel."
"Towering over 65 feet high, the Angel Oak has shaded John's Island, South Carolina, for over 1400 years, and would have sprouted 1000 years before Columbus' arrival in the New World. Recorded history traces the ownership of the live oak and surrounding land, back to the year 1717 when Abraham Waight received it as part of a small land grant. The tree stayed in the Waight family for four generations, and was part of a Marriage Settlement to Justus Angel and Martha Waight Tucker Angel. In modern times, the Angel Oak has become the focal point of a public park. Today the live oak has a diameter of spread reaching 160 feet, a circumference of nearly 25 feet, and covers 17,100 square feet of ground." www.historictrees.org
There sign is upside down because they did one of those "Flip This House" tv shows.
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ReplyDeletehi melissa! thank you so much for stopping by my blog. About the drapes...i had them custom made, but i bet they would be fairly east to make. i had my seamstress border the edges with a 4 inch stripe cut on the bias, and a 12inch border on the bottom. the top is pinch pleated. i hope this helps you a bit:)
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