Well, I didn't make it in the pool, but I hung out with the girls. About 4pm the management started setting up brat hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw and drinks. That turned out to be our dinner. Letty and I drove over to Hilton Head Beach to look for a certain place to eat. Then we went back to our near-by marina and took a long walk along the piers. Every open air restaurant had live music. We crossed over and walked the length of the Disney Resort here - didn't see Mickey tho'. Bought ice cream and watched the yachts come in and go out. A great evening near the water.
Thursday was another pool day. The afternoon snacks were chips and salsa and soft drinks, except I discovered they weren't soft! Red and white wine over ice, fruit and some other additive. I felt like I was getting light-headed after one sip! For the evening we went back to the beforehand located seafood restaurant. I ordered flounder and they asked if I wanted the whole thing. I thought that meant the full dinner, so I said, "yeah". It was the whole fish - but they had at least cut the head off. The shopping wasn't spectacular and the outdoor band wasn't particularly good. So, we grabbed an ice cream cone and headed off for the beach. The weather was cool - the sand was nice - the water warm - so we stuck out toes in! We came back to the room to watch the NBA finals and wait for Brad to get here from Huntsville. He pulled in about 11:30pm - in time to see the last 40 seconds of the game.
Today was sightseeing day - Letty and I drove 90 miles to Charleston. We didn't get there any too early, so we opted for a guided bus tour of the city. Like Savannah, lots of humungus homes and churches, and quite old. We were guessing which city has more money. We toured a rather large post revolutionary home - circa 1813, with a couple of later additions. We had a great tour guide who told us the real story of Fort Sumpter. The downtown was just coming alive when we decided we has better head back. We were tired and completely out of touch with the gas gauge. When we were driving through the tulies, the buzzer sounded. We drove and drove and watched the needle go down. Finally we came to a hamlet with a gas station and a church. The church had a ton of people there, but the station was locked up. Many stations will keep the pumps going when they close, but this station's pumps didn't even have a slot for a credit card. So on we drove, finally coming to an intersection with a US highway, and a gas station. It took more gas than the tank holds, so we must have been using gas in the carburator. Did I mention we prayed?
Tomorrow is leave this grand resort day. Nancy and Brad and Kaylie will head back to Huntsville, and Letty and I will drive to our next stop at Greensboro, NC. We will stay with a cousin of mine, and we will see a foreign exchange student we had some 25 years ago. She was from Liberia, but is a nurse in Greensboro now. We have never met her husband or two kids, so we are excited about seeing them.
Until later, count your blessings....
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