Our Week Begins

On  Sunday, Captain John rented a pontoon boat and we took a 3 hour tour!  He allowed each of the 3 boys a turn at the wheel!  They loved it!  

Isaac at the helm.

See Peter peeking out driving!

The young Chen’s headed for Charlotte leaving we six seniors unsupervised in their house. We ate at Crab Shack and the hush puppies were the best ever. 

In the morning we headed to Harbortown to visit the lighthouse and the beach.  I thought these were jellyfish but have been told they may not be. 

“Small, gelatinous balls are washing up by the thousands this summer. Often called jellyfish eggs, they actually aren't related to jellies at all. They're called salps, barrel-shaped creatures that pump water through their bodies and filter out the phytoplankton that is their food.”

Never too old to learn something!

Tuesday was an awesome day for us.  Friends who have moved from TX and now live on the GA/SC border drove up to visit.  We went to an outdoor restaurant on the water for lunch where boats were being lifted in and out of storage on forklifts!  The food and company were great.  We talked for hours.  They had been invited to have dinner and spend the night.  They did stay for dinner but needed to return home later in the evening.  It was a most enjoyable day!

Our next outing was to Bluffton where we enjoyed a terrific breakfast with great wait staff.  We visited the Church of the Cross and Heyward House, neither of which were open due to Covid.

Tybee Island was our destination on Thursday and we drove through beautiful Savannah to get there!  What a beautiful beach area.  And it was crowded!  We visited  the lighthouse complex where half our group climbed the stairs inside the lighthouse.  We viewed a film on the history of the 4 lighthouses that served this area.  The current one is still in operation and can be seen for 20 miles.  

Special to me was the bedroom set in the keeper’s house.  It was exactly like the set, still in use by a great niece, that I grew up with.  Ours had a round stool at the vanity that I would reach out for through the bars of my crib and pull it over to climb out!  It was all veneer wood and the only other one I have ever seen.

We ate at Fannie’s on the Pier and then visited the Battery which served as a Fort and other things throughout the years. We returned home to fix a “fend for yourself” dinner to empty out what was in the refrigerator.  There was still a lot left!  

On Friday, Deborah and John left in the wee hours of the morning.  Gus and Melissa were up at 5:15 to send them off.  We slept through their departure.  When everyone was up again later, we drove back to the Skull Creek Boat House restaurant we had been at with Jacquie and Al on Tuesday.  The outside seating along the May River with the boats being removed from and to storage had been so entertaining that we wanted to share it with our hosts.  

Storage levels, empty forklift, at the water’s edge, moving a boat to the water.  It will be lowered, started and driven out from the dock.  The forklift is then lifted, driven backward and gets the next boat.  

We stopped at a small store in a strip mall on the way home.  Then after drying and folding the two loads of clothes we had in the laundry, everyone but me took a nap.  I have enough trouble sleeping without taking a nap!

We are leaving for the airport in the morning.  It has been a terrific week.  This has been our second time to be invited to this lovely Hilton Head mini mansion.  There are three master suites and a bunk bed kids’ room.  We have lots of room to spread out in the public rooms and have enjoyed playing cards each evening!