Well...trying to blog again on my travels. With some dear friends, Kim and Ilene Wayment, we took off to South Carolina to experience some of the Atlantic coast there. We left on April 24th kind of late in the day which was going to put us in Charleston, SC at 11 PM. Unfortunately our plane arrived an hour late...at around 12 AM. The bad news was that our car rental agency closed at 12 AM. I had called many times to advise this agency that this might happen and all times they told me that they should watch my flight and keep someone there. Well....that was not the case. We arrived at the counter at 12:05 AM and they had left already. We\I was so ticked off. They would not be back until 7 AM. There was a guy at the National car agency who told us that they had just left. We asked him if he had cars. He had none. We noticed a sign at Hertz that said to walk to their garage and someone ‘might’ be there to help us. So we thought what the heck...we have 7 hours to burn. Well...we got there and indeed there was a lady still in the booth. She was serving a man. Once she was done with him, we asked if she had a car. She smiled and said yes. In the end, she was so kind to us and rented us a same sized car for $50 less than what we had reserved. We were so thrilled....2 hours later, at 2:30 AM...we arrived at our condo at Hilton Head Island tired and amazed!!!
Today is Sunday and I was able to get about 4 hours sleep waking up at around 7:30 AM. I laid there a bit but then got up and went for a walk to check things out. Turns out the beach is about a 5 to 10 minute walk. It is beautiful there. It is beautiful here. And the air is not muggy and quite cool. Feels so good.
At around 10:30 AM, Kim and I decided we needed some food for breakfast. So he and I went to a Krogers near by and brought some eggs and stuff to make a nice breakfast. I made bacon, cheese omelets with some fresh fruit. It was pretty good.
A little after noon, we decided to drive through Hilton Head to check out the island in the car. It takes about 20+ minutes to get around the island. After doing that we headed off to Savannah, Georgia to check out some parks and the old historical part of Susannah. We ended up in Forsyth Park. We found a parking spot quickly and started walking. It is a really nice park...lots of people out enjoying the beautiful day. As you walk through the park you pass large statues of revolutionary war heroes. Even after you leave the park the street continues to have plazas with such memorials of Revolutionary War heroes. As we walked, our bladders starting speaking up that we needed to find a spot. So we found a restaurant named The Hitch that allowed us to use their bathroom It was around 3 PM and everyone was feeling some hunger pains already...so we got some food there.
After eating we continued walking around the old historic area. The homes are pretty amazing and the trees with the hanging moss look pretty cool too.
We headed back to Hilton Head arriving around 6 PM. We all then were tired and took quick power naps. Following that, we walked out to the ocean and walked the beach. We then jumped in the car after returning to get Kim some dinner and us a snack. We ended up at a burger shack sharing onion rings and milk shakes.
Great day!
Pictures:
A cannon ball jelly fish....found all over the beach.
Sounds like you are already enjoying some Southern beauty and Charm! How great that the Hertz Lady was able to get you that car deal
ReplyDeleteI’m always amazed by the jelly fish and I Love the Moss in the trees! You TEALLY NEED to go to the Savannah Candy Kitchen when you get back there and eat a Praline and a Gopher! They won’t disappoint!!!