I Love The Snow. Most Of My Birthdays Have Been Spent Up In The Mountains, And Every Time I Get The Gift

I love the snow. Most of my birthdays have been spent up in the mountains, and every time I get the gift of watching snow fall. This weekend was no different.

I’ve been lucky enough in my life to see and explore areas that are not easily accessible to the public along the SC Coast. Especially along the upper Lowcountry in Georgetown, along the Winyah Bay and North Inlet. I’ve explored the Carolina Bay areas in upper Charleston County and so on.

As a kid, I often accessed the islands on my dad’s old little john boat. Nothing special - just a lot of knowledge passed down on how to get “there”. I grew up visiting places that felt truly still wild. Such a large portion of the SC coast is hidden and inaccessible by a car. Or… like today, accessible by car and a long walk, but the road there is kept behind a gate.

Like I said, I find myself becoming luckier and I gain access to more keys to unlock this beautiful coast I love. Then I get to share it here, with you.

THIS South Carolina is something special. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to see it, it stays with you, and at least for me, I can never get enough.

The stories of how I get these keys are a whole other thing itself, you’d have to ask to hear those stories. Today, I walked along the beach that stretches along the North Inlet. You can view a stretch of it from an immaculate house at the end of the gated and closed off community. An uninterrupted view of nature as far as the eye can see.

I wouldn’t mind doing the dishes with this view -

Today, I parked under this house (with permission) and started walking. You can tell this place rarely has visitors. Huge shells line the shore. The sand only moves by the wind, and my footsteps were the only ones I could see. The only evidence of visitors are the conch shells that hang on the drift wood.

I only explored about 3/4 of a mile of this stretch today, but I plan on taking a lot more time one weekend. It’s no wonder why I’m so connected to this place. It’s no wonder why I couldn’t stay far away.

A nice change of scenery ❄️

One year ago today, Ophelia came home❤️ I love her literally more than anything. This is how she slept on me our first night. What a year we’ve had together.

Oh how I missed my Grand Strand New Years Eves. I always have a general plan - and I always end up way out of bounds (in the best way).

Happy New Year! 🎊

Woke up this morning and we drove down to Charleston on a whim. I haven’t been downtown since 2022 - before my move to Greenville. That is actually incredibly wild to me considering my whole life Charleston is a place I went to at least 2 or 3 times per month. The Battery felt nice to see again - nothing has changed, and that is what I love about it.