Hilton Head Island and Savannah, GA – 7/2011
We were able to get out of town for the 4th of July Weekend!! It was so good to leave town and see something new – none of us had ever been there before. Everyone but Liz went – she was on a road trip with her 2 friends in Gatlinburg, TN. It was very strange to only have 5 kids with us….I kept counting and it just didn’t seem right.
We went to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It is just over the Georgia/SC border…about 30 minutes from Savannah. It was a last minute thing…so we didn’t much planned, just some beach time and site-seeing…but it was still a LOT of fun.
The beach was beautiful and we even got some decent waves for our boogie-boards.
We went to church there on Sunday. It was like a mini meetinghouse. They had one of the meetinghouse styles where the chapel and gym are in the middle and all of the offices and classrooms, etc. are in a ring on the outside of that. The only thing was that the chapel and the gym were one and the same…they set up chairs every Sunday. We sat down…we were really early (thanks, Frank 
).and no one really talked to us. We were a little surprised until we found out that the majority of the attendees were visitors just like us. I guess it happens to them every summer…tourist town…and most of the regular ward members were out of town for the 4th of July weekend. Everyone ended up being very nice and it was a great visit.
This was a baby alligator that lived in a small pond behind our hotel where we parked.
There were tons of sand dollars...Ashley gathered about 20 of them..
A for Ashley
Ashley and Mikayla with their treasures...
We found starfish too...
Ashley, Don & Mikayla on the beach.
PJ and I had a hole digging contest. His was deeper, but mine was cooler :-).
Ashley with the hole that I dug and the creation she made out of the dirt.
My hole...it was cavernous!
All Don thinks about is Baseball...he brought his glove and Frank played catch with him for a while.
PJ - "I am THE man!"
We drove from Hilton Head Island down to Savannah, GA (about a 30 minute drive),for a quick tour. Savannah is beautiful!
On the Riverfront in Savannah...
PJ
PJ
Donovan
Ashley
Mikayla
Megan
We thought Ebay street was cool...
There were a lot of old buildings like this...
Walking along the riverfront
Ghost tours in a hearse...perfect...
We stopped at the Harbor Town Lighthouse for a quick tour. First...we had to climb on the trees...
L to R: Ashley, Mikayla, Donovan, Megan and PJ
L to R: Ashley, Mikayla, Donovan, Megan and PJ
Mikayla
Megan
PJ & Ashley
Donovan
PJ
Mikayla
Don needed a picture posing by the yacht.
Harbor Town...
Frank patiently waiting while we shopped in the gift shop...
Can you see the parasailing going on behind us?
I don't know these people...I just thought it was a good picture.
Don and Ashley throwing seashells back into the water...
Don, Mikayla & Ashley
Ashley
Frank
Don and Mikayla had to get a little play out of their systems...
Above: Check out the bull at this petting zoo next to a C-store in rural Georgia…he knows how to get the goodies. This was on our drive to Hilton Head Island.
WOW, what a good lookin bunch of people!