We spent the rest of our Wednesday trying to revive our power supply in the camper. Because again, let me stress, that only fools camp {without AC} in Charleston, in August. My mom became McGyver, jerry-rigged a few cords, plugs and a rubber band or two - and voila! We had AC! {No lights, but AC.} And that was enough for me. So I busted out my zoodler {I’m still rocking this whole30!} and made zoodle-spaghetti. {Because when you’re hot, nothing cools ya down like making a hot dinner……. Basically we suck at camping in the heat.}
*Above - my mom hit it off with the Cats of Charleston girl. So much so that I basically found her selling art for the gal! Also, this is one of the coolest projects ever. She asked if Chloe was local because she wanted her to model in Charleston for her Dogs of Charleston project this winter! We may have to relocate to Charleston… Go give her some love and tell her Chloe sent ya!
So this is where I would be inserting pictures of the stunning homes that I want to recreate here in Virginia. Except, I didn’t take a single one. {So if you want to see one or two pictures from a past trip down to Low Country, you can see them here. Please excuse the horrible blog post formatting… what the heck was I thinking back in 2011?!}
Have you been to Charleston? Have you vacationed with your dog? Have you survived an enormous amount of time on the road with all the women of your family? I wanna hear about it!
Samantha Green says
Love Charleston so much! Such a gorgeous little city!
Glad you guys got the AC fixed on day 2. I cannot sleep when I’m hot, so I’m sure you guys were miserable that night!!
Seriously girl. It was a miserable night! I’m usually fine with camping and “roughing it” but not when it’s that hot. I was looking up pet-friendly hotels all night long!
Sounds like a good vacation in all! I love how Chloe had herself a vacay as well. This post really makes me miss that town!
I LOVE that town. Seriously. I wish my area had the charm and culture and flair that Charleston has. And yes, Chloe had quite the vacay! She’s still sleeping it off and we got home on Friday!!
I love Charleston. I hate I didn’t take advantage of its closeness when I lived in Charlotte.
And vacationing with dogs gets easier. We’ve roadtripped with Hermione from Arkansas to Charlotte about 6-7 times, and from Virginia to Charlotte about 16 times (which is ridiculous since we’ve lived here a year…). The first few times were pretty rough, but now we just throw a blanket in the backseat and she sleeps almost the whole way.
It’s definitely not the road trip part of it that was tough for chloe. She LOVES the car rides and slept most of the way there and all the way back. The part that was tough was camping and not being able to leave her in the AC somewhere if we wanted to go out to dinner. She was a great sport though! I would definitely do it again!