Okay so we are at the Blind Tiger and my brother sees this girl wearing Jack Rogers and stops her and says "My sister wears those same things - are you from NC?" Wow way to be creepy and just weird bro (see it is normal in my family to talk to strangers when you are drinking)- however she was from NC and as it turns out we know um something like
over 20 of the same people. We stood in the bar talking for like hour going over people we knew and where / what they were doing. Small world... oh but wait its going to get smaller.
The next day I'm out walking Lucy in my brother's apartment complex and I hear my name being called. I look around and there is this girl standing on a porch waving her hand at me and smiling. She goes - it's Ginny - we went to high school together! Ginny was a year below me and we always seem to have at least one class together throughout high school. I have not seen her since I graduated and that was umm... 2002. Lord.
That night we are out and about again in downtown Charleston and I run into my friend Margaret from college. She moved to DC after graduation and just happened to be in Charleston for a wedding. Love it.
However - lets make Charleston even smaller. We decided to go to the Windjammer on the Isle of Palms Sunday afternoon for some drinks and turns out they are having the Bud Light Bikini Contest. Yes - I just love classy events like this. Let me paint the picture for you - beach bar - people of all types - picnic tables pushed together for the runway. Awesome. Anyway - we are standing there and they ask if anyone else wants to participate and these two girls who were dancing on said picnic tables earlier decide to be in the competition. They announce one of the girls name and I think oh I know a guy by the same last name and think I wonder if they are related. Well as it turns out (if you can follow this) one of the guys (we will call him J.R.) I was hanging out with all weekend went to high school in Va with possible family member of bikini girl. So I ask J.R. and turns out it was a family member - it was his little sister. So now I am just dying laughing with J.R. because this is just too much. The older brother is an absolute hysterical over the top individual and well to be seeing his lil sister shaking her behind on a picnic table - just made my day - families - got to love it. On top of that - little sister came in 3rd.
Okay I should probably hit the hay - I'm leaving Charleston tomorrow hopefully by 6 in da mornin'... the plan is to drive until I cannot drive anymore. Here is my route ...
Ahhh - I cannot get google maps to cooperate! Okay sorry for the lack of photos in this post BUT I cannot figure out how to show y'all my route. The plan is from Charleston head out towards Columbia, SC -> Knoxville, TN -> Nashville, TN -> say hello to Kentucky as I pass into IL -> truck on through to St. Louis (stop and see the arch(s)) -> Kansas City, KA -> and then Boulder, CO!!
Providing I have internet in the hotels I will keep y'all posted on my whereabouts!
