Ready for Anything

Back in the day, I thought I was thinking ahead when I made the rule: "Never set out to go anywhere without a corkscrew." My travel emergency kit consisted of jumper cables, a tampon, and always, a corkscrew.

Today, in preparation for holiday weekend travel, I knew I needed to clean out the trunk. After 5 years married to a disaster preparedness guy, here's some of what I found in my trunk: -- all of which I am told we "need to have."

• 4 bottles of water
• suntan lotion and bug spray
• duct tape
• a bath towel and a wash cloth
• a small fleece blanket
• leather work gloves
• 3 umbrellas
• 2 flashlights -- both with working batteries
• a sleeve of quarters
• 5 bungie cords
• an insulated cold storage bag
• a first aid kit where the band aids are at least 5 years old
• an assortment of wrenches and screwdrivers
• a city map and a phone book
• a pair of crocs (for emergency gardening?)
• a raincoat
• and a corkscrew

Space for suitcases and beach chairs is shrinking.

Playing Hooky from Church -- Again

Duncan and I skipped church today and instead went out as tourists in our own town. Our neighbor Harry has started doing Charleston tours and we went on his Harbor Tour today.

We've decided next time we go to a costume party, we can recreate this look and just add a pair of binoculars around Duncan's neck and some sightseeing maps spilling out of my bag and we'd be great Tourists!

We went out on the General Beauregard

Harry covered Charleston history from the 1500s to the establishment of the Navy base just before WWII

We got some pictures of the Ravenel Bridge from angles we don't usually see.

The bridge, the marina and The Yorktown. Downtown is to the left, Mount Pleasant to the right.

Passing under the bridge

 

We went right by the Yorktown.

Here's me enjoying the breezes.

And here I am again, on-shore. Fun Day.

What are Friends For?

This morning before breakfast, Duncan went over to our friend Marcus' house to help free this black snake that got stuck in the cage around a strawberry plant. I did not go. They were successful and the snake is apparently unharmed.

 

Photo taken by Marcus with I-Phone.