Beating the heat in South Carolina

I arrived in SC to visit my college roommate Margaret and her family the same day a heatwave did! So we spent a lot of time in the freezing depths of her church, went to her parents' house at the lake to cool off, and drank cold drinks at the Books-a-Million in Columbia (open until 11 pm -unlike the sad Barnes & Noble which closes at 9 pm).

Here's a pic I love of Margaret's kids with their shades:

Melissa came up to the lake too, so we had a mini OBU reunion. It was so fun to chat about old times. Here's a pic of us (after swimming) with Melissa's daughter: