We left TN on Friday, July 9, and spent the night in Macon, GA. On Saturday when we got to the island we met Sallie and Carl who came down from Aiken to spend the weekend with us. After a quick lunch we found the Hilton Head Tennis Resort which is where we stayed for the week. Our condo was much smaller and older than we had expected, but we adapted. We spent the afternoon on the beach with Sallie and Carl then had an opportunity to visit with Seth's 5K teacher from SC who was in Hilton Head for the weekend with her family. She was surprised to see that her former 5K student is now almost 6 feet tall!. We had dinner with Sallie and Carl at The Crazy Crab. We spent all day Sunday on the beach and had dinner with Sallie and Carl before they had to leave to go back to Aiken. :(On Monday morning we decided to go to the area known as Harbor Town. This is where The Heritage pro golf tournament is played each year and you can see the 18th hole from the top of the lighthouse. We had lunch at the legendary Salty Dog Cafe (and the food lived up to its billing!). Wednesday morning we went on a dolphin cruise. It was fun to see the dolphin so close to the boat and it was a nice morning to be out on Calibogue Sound. We had a week of great beach weather. On Thursday and Friday the waves were incredible - some were 8-10 feet and it was great for riding the waves on our boogie boards. We topped our week off by a delicious seafood dinner at Kingfisher.
We left Hilton Head early Saturday morning and drove one hour to Savannah, GA. Steve and I had been to Savannah before and we figured since we were so close that the kids would enjoy seeing the city. It was hot but we walked around the different squares in Savannah to give the kids a taste of what the city is like. Seth liked reading about the history of Savannah. We walked by Paula Deen's restaurant, The Lady and Sons, but one hour before opening the line was already 3/4 of the way around the block. We drove as far as Marietta, GA and spent the night. We had dinner at the Marietta Diner, a place we found out about a few years ago by watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. We had been there before and it's always good!
