She gives us the cold shoulder

Sunday November 24, 2013
Hunting Island State Park
South Carolina

 

 

It’s a freezing  sunrise.

 

Yes this morning the temperature is in the low 40’s  but the the wind is in the mid 20 mph.  The wind is biting.  I nearly freeze my fingers off watching the sunrise and taking these pictures.  There are actually a few other diehards with me today.  I’m pretty surprised.   I’ve been avoiding getting out my winter coat and hat.  I’m  on my way to Florida for heaven’s sake.  But I sure wish I had worn my gloves out here this morning.  I feel like I have frostbite on my hands by the time I get back

But of course the sunrise, despite the weather, does not disappoint.

 

 

 

As a result of this low 30’s windchill factor which doesn’t let up all  day, we spend almost no time  outside. 

We will be leaving tomorrow so we do a little bit of packing up outside .  Kayaks on the car, bikes on the car, mat, chairs and tire covers put away.  ENOUGH!  Too cold!

Tomorrow morning they are promising temperatures below freezing here.  And if the wind doesn’t diminish that may well  feel like the teens.  Better to do what we can in the low 30’s WITH gloves on.

 

 

 

 

I make some soup for lunch.  It turns out to be more of a garlic, vegetable, red lentil stew.  Eating it feels wonderful; it is warm and hits  the spot.  We do the Sea Island Scene Crossword Puzzle and decide we really want to get out for a walk of some sort.  We will try a hike on the beach. Surely things  have warmed up. We can see the sun shining.  But we can also see the waves bashing. 

When we get out there, it feels just like  this morning so we make those silly attempts at selfies just to remember this moment.  We’re bundled up like we are back at Churchill Manitoba with the Polar Bears.  That’s where David’s heavy duty hoodie is from.  Mine is from  Hunting Island. I guess the fact that they sell such a thick heavy hoodie here should have given me a clue. 

 

 

 

After nearly laughing ourselves silly and freezing we change the afternoon stroll to one around the back campground loops where the wind isn’t so strong and thus it isn’t QUITE as cold.

 

 

 

 

When we return it is great to just sit inside and look out our big front windows at the surf being blown all  over the place by the wind.  So wonderful to have heat at our fingertips. But we sure have gotten the cold shoulder from Hunting Island on our last day here.

We’re off to Georgia for few days tomorrow.  I’m beginning to wonder if we’d better just beat feet to Florida if we don’t want to keep dressing in heavy layers like this.  :-))