2015-9-8---to Edisto

  Again I enjoyed the ride through the mountains.  Only had one scary moment when someone entered our side of the highway going the wrong direction.

 Since we were driving right by Asheville, we decided to see if we could drive through the Biltmore estate. 

 Found out we would have to buy tickets at $80@ just to drive through.  So we passed.  I had been there a couple times before for a wedding I shot there, but the bride had handled all my tickets and lodging.  That was definately a fun wedding and reception!

 on the highway again and admiring the flowers along the way.

 and the mountains.

 and the old barns.

 Finally we reached the turn off for Edisto.  Decided to stop for dinner here at Dimitrios.  Very good pizza and great service!

 Originally we were only going to stay in Edisto 1 night again on the way back, but it would have been in an older unit.  Ordinarily that would have been ok, but when Angie and I stayed there on our first trip to Edisto, we did find it pretty bug infested.  Their excuse is it's a tropical region and to expect that.  Yet we've never had a problem like that in Florida, St. Thomas, Hawaii, or anywhere.  Even in the presidential units we saw a couple "palmetto" bugs, but they were dead or dying. If we wanted to stay in a unit like what we had on the way out, we needed to spend 2 nights or throw away the points for the 2nd night.  Ken agreed to the extra night and it worked out great.

Love all the big old oak trees in Edisto with the moss hanging all over them.

one of our back porches.

 another view from our porch.  Note the stand with bottles of water stacked in it.

 another part of the resort.

We headed to the beach again.

 Didn't know if we'd get much of a sunset.

 The typical house along the beach!

 Even had interesting wild flowers growing along the beach pathways.

I knew where to go for sunset and where the dolphins like to hang out.   We were treated to quite the dolphin show.
Lots of tail slapping.

 Even a few breeches.

 lots of "porpoising".

 The sunset even turned out to be quite pretty.

I like breaking up these long trips with interesting destinations along the way!