Good evening! It's all quiet at the Muddy Run, no news to report, so I'll tell you about our trip to Florida instead

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We were living in Louisiana at the time, and one day we thought we would go on a road trip. So we packed up and started driving, though we didn't have a destination in mind. Each of us had a different idea of the perfect vacation, and we couldn't agree, so we just decided to figure it out as we went along.
The only thing we knew for certain is that we were going to go East. I don't remember if we had to spend a night somewhere in Georgia, but at any rate, we eventually decided that the beach was a better place than the mountains, so we headed in that direction.
We arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, very late and very irritable, and a very bad storm was getting up. We had never seen the trees sway so much, because we hadn't lived in LA very long and had never seen a hurricane. So it was very frightening.
As luck would have it, every hotel in town was nearly packed. I don't know why, but we had to drive way out into what seemed like the middle of nowhere with the rain beating on the windshield and the wind buffeting the car and all of us blaming the other for the predicament we found ourselves in.
We finally arrived at half past midnight to a hotel on the beach, and because it was so late they gave us a discount, which was very nice of them because we couldn't have afforded to stay there otherwise.
The next morning the sky was bright and sunny and we went down to the beach. Then I wished I had brought binoculars because you could just see Fort Sumpter off the horizon. And since I love history, I was really excited. But the ferry was too expensive so I wasn't able to visit. Maybe some day...
I wonder if this is getting too long? And maybe you don't care to hear about the trip to Florida (if you don't, I won't be offended!

) so I'll leave off here and if you want to hear more I'll resume later this week.
Despite not having any news I did take some pictures, some of which I used various filters on 'cause I thought they looked better.
Peaches growing on a tree
Eva looking over the yard
Claire
Hilda
Amelia
Dolores
Jane
Alex
Matilda shaking the dust from her feet (feathers)
Got my ducks in a row! Maggie, Claire, Anton
Stanislaw
Mother Jen and Daughter Liberty
Geese - Left to Right: Matt, George, Frank, Rita
Henry