Friday, January 18, 2008
Rita and I took our vacation in December for two weeks to Hilton Head island, South Carolina. It was our first stay in that area and we left with great impressions of a very beautiful and restful area to spend a few weeks during the winter. I would suspect that the conditions would have been much hotter and crowded during the summer but the weather was fantastic when we were there. The first week we saw temperatures in the high 70-mid 80 degrees and although the temperatures dropped to the low 70 degrees the next week it was so pleasant. We stayed at a time share connection we have just a few blocks through the trees from the beach. Our condo was a three bedroom so we had a lot of room and it was deep in the beautiful live oak trees that are everywhere. Since we had a lot of time our routine was to hit the beach early in the morning for our daily walk, move on to our "mochas" at one of the "Books and Borders" type locations. After we recovered from those experiences we explored every location we could. Hilton Head does not have good visibility of the shops, beaches,stores etc. Most everything is hidden in the trees and you have to learn where to go by just driving into a clump of trees and tropical vegetation. They do not want the signs and look of a tourist community, which is great during the day but sometimes challenging at night. Anyway we found many beach areas, and it was always a surprise to drive into a forest area and find a large shopping area and sheltered coves and harbors. We spent some time in Savannah, Georgia(we had been there before and wanted to eat at a restaurant we enjoyed the last visit)and Dan, my nephew reminded me of going to Beaufort, SC. Beaufort was certainly one of our favorite small places to visit and we went there several times during our stay. There are over 90 restored homes in Beaufort and it is small city on the coastal waterways with those fine large southern plantation homes all throughout the location. We found a beautiful beach a few miles along the island waterways that was secluded and a wonderful State Park to park our motorhome someday on our next trip back. Well anyway look at the pictures and who knows, maybe someday we might be writing you from our home in Beaufort or Hilton Head....
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