Edisto Island Vacation-part 1

We just got back from one of the loveliest vacations we've ever enjoyed. (Although it STILL feels weird not to have Kaley along.) I'll admit in the last 18 years most of our "vacations" have been to visit family. We were blessed this year to acquire a camper, or as the children named it, "Dutchy". Or as Max calls it, our Little Home. I like that. I've dreamed and dreamed of having a camper. With a family this big, it's gotten hard to visit family and tent camp everywhere. So, for my 40th birthday, we bought one! 

I'm so thrilled with it. We've used it twice, once to visit family and now for vacation. It's in good shape so the only things to do are purely for my own sense of taste. So in time. I love love love it!!

We chose Edisto Island so we could camp near the ocean. The state park has two campgrounds there, one next to the beach and one 1/2 mile away in a woodsy area. We chose woodsy and I was so glad. Much more privacy and room for the kids. 

Here's our camp site all set up. With this big of a family, set up is a breeze!

The boys still tent it although we can all sleep in the camper if we needed to. 

Site #121. Very roomy! And there was a short cut path in the woods to the bathhouse. 

As soon as camp was all set, we took off for the beach. We found it very quiet, mostly families or older people and mostly empty. Lots of oyster and welk shells. Right away we found a live welk. 

We all felt like Max! 

Silas loved the shells. He was so excited to bring me his finds. 

Fern enjoyed it, too. She loved digging. 

Right before we headed back to camp, we found a hermit crab without a shell! He was not moving at all and very slow when we scooped him up. We weren't sure if he was a marine crab or a land hermit crab (they are different) so we covered him with a shell and left him. 

Back at camp, burgers and watermelon!

Edisto is purely residential. Nothing there but a small Bilo grocery and a few restaurants. It was nice. After dinner we actually all went to bed by 9 and slept very well. The lack of light pollution was wonderful!