Lido Key, FL. For someone like me, whose experiences of "the beach" are almost all from South Carolina, the gulf coast beach was a bit strange. The water is a different color, and there's no surf! I missed the perpetual crashing of the waves.

Lido Key, Sarasota, FL

We took a rambling trip to Florida recently, to attend a wedding and see some friends. Starting today, we'll look at pictures from that trip. St. Augustine Beach, FL

Downtown Greenville, SC

A detail of the soon-to-be-demolished Greenville News building in downtown Greenville, SC

Altered image: Downtown Greenville, SC

Wall Street, Asheville, NC

Altered image: Downtown Greer, SC

The last in this series, in portrait orientation to give the photo editor more choices. Lake Conestee Nature Park, Conestee, SC

From the same spot as the two previous posts, except spring has come around. Lake Conestee Nature Park, Conestee, SC