{"id":8422,"date":"2018-01-04T06:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T14:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=8422"},"modified":"2018-01-04T06:17:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T14:17:44","slug":"a-walk-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heuermontage.com\/?p=8422","title":{"rendered":"A Walk on the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The price you pay for traveling with your mother – or the adventures you experience, depending on perspective – is guaranteed to include visits to art museums, cemeteries, botanic gardens, explorations of graffiti \u00a0and the beach. And the occasional detour, if your mother is Frau Heuer.<\/p>\n

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The beaches around Charleston are diverse, and pretty empty during the winter. I presume during the \u00a0summer they are a zoo.<\/p>\n

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Beach towns vary. There are upscale neighborhoods (Isle of Palm), where the degree of wealth can be inferred from the car models rather than expressions of taste.<\/p>\n

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There are rather seedy neighborhoods (Folly Beach), which reminded me of spring break scenarios, minus the drunken crowds, given that it was December.<\/p>\n

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And then there are nature trails leading to somewhat hidden beaches, good for long walks and conversations;<\/p>\n

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the topic this time centering around race, as you’d predict. We would laugh around tidbits like this one:<\/p>\n

In Search of the Black Confederate Unicorn<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n