Next, it was finally time for our next house/pet sit. This time we were headed to Folly Beach, SC (just outside of Charleston) to stay over Thanksgiving week with 2 (we were originally going to get 4 but the older 2 went to stay with their dad) Springer Doodles (half Springer Spaniel - the breed of my last dog Kendall - and half poodle) and 3 mostly outside cats. I was practically bouncing the whole trip in anticipation of meeting these babies.
WOW!!!! While, we've honestly loved every sit we've been on and fell completely in love with the animals, between the house, the humans and the dogs, this was definitely one of our absolute favorites. The house is across the street from an amazing beach and about 3 easy blocks from "downtown Folly Beach". The town is adorable and very bike friendly. We took our kayaks and were able to paddle around some of the surrounding waters. Elizabeth and her family welcomed us a couple of days early so we could get acclimated (that didn't take any time) and were so gracious. The cats, Simon, Garfunkel and Little Bob were mostly friendly and allowed some interaction. But the dogs!!!!! It was love at first sight!!! Hazel (black and white one) and Blue (mostly black) were only about 9 months old and just about the sweetest most adorable dogs I've ever known (I know I say that about every dog I meet but these 2 were just precious). We loved every single minute of our time with them and in Folly Beach. We even caught the lighting up of the town for the upcoming Christmas season and we also assisted in making sure the Elves of the Shelf wore their masks (yes, that was Pedro's idea). Elizabeth invited us back anytime and put in our review on the trusted house sitters site that her dogs were mad that she was back home. I too was a little mad but, oh what fun we had!!!! As you can imagine, I took way too many pictures and videos so I'll put another link if anyone wants to see them all!!!
Way too soon our time was up. We reluctantly said good-bye and headed back to Florida. While back in Rockledge again, we replaced the pool light at one of our rental houses (I forgot to take a picture of Pedro diving in the pool) and caught up on everything we could. We then played a little more and explored locally even going over to Port Canaveral for the first time in a couple of years.
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