Twerking, Shot Guning and Shark Week

I have a saying and it goes something like this..."the family that vacations together stays together".  Every year my Mom, sister and I try to go on some kind of vacation together.   We use this time as a bonding adventure.  While we do take the kids with us, the vacation is not kid centered.  This vacation is 100% about family.   This year our trip was to South Litchfield Beach where we rented a house, played in the ocean, tanned our nearly perfect bodies and crabbed in the creek.   I was joking about the nearly perfect body thing.  While on family vaca,  I learned several new things and I definitely think I should share them with you.

First thing I learned is the word "Twerk".  If you don't know what this is or have seen this done, it is worth a Google. For those who do know what twerking is...I was not the one doing it!

Second thing I learned is how to shot gun a beer.  I don't know how I managed to get to 40ish years of age and never see this done. Note,  I still didn't do it but I did watch it being done.

The third thing I learned is that you are not suppose to have glass bottles on the beach.  The Sheriff's office and DNR people in Georgetown take this very serious.  They can and will fine you $250 per bottle and they apparently don't give out warnings..

The forth thing I learned is that Shark Week is the first week of August.  If you have never had the leasure of being at the beach during shark week, then you can't even imagine what you are missing.  Being at the beach during shark week has a tendency to make one a bit paranoid. Needless to say, I was constantly looking over my shoulder for Jaws and Megalodon.

The final thing that was reinforced in my mind this past week was the importance of family and fun.  I can't say that we had fun going out to eat, sliding at the water park or shopping to our hearts content because we didn't do any of those things.  Our fun was much simpler and it all happened in the beach house, on the dock and on the beach.  We crabbed, fished, danced, sang, cooked, sunned, rested, hunted shells, built sand castles and rode our bikes. It was a very simple life but it was good for the soul.  For one week, the clock slowed down and we were a family and it was a good thing.