On Sunday, we slept in and then enjoyed the warm weather on the beach Both Brandon and Nick tried surfing but ended up being thrashed around by the large waves (from the huriccaine) so they decided they had had enough when they both hit their heads on the sand. After resting a little, Joy and Nick took us to St. Augustine whici is the oldest town in the U.S. It is very historic and reminded me a lot of Spain. For dinner, we went to Clark's Fish Camp, which is covered with taxidermied animals inside. We sat outside and saw an alligator in the lake. They had all sorts of things on the menu including gator (which we tried), python and rabbit. It was a neat experience to say the least!
We rented a car on Monday and then drove 3 hours up to Hilton Head, SC. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Resort (I love priceline!) for 3 days. We really enjoyed this town...it reminded us of Sunriver, OR but it was bigger and had a beach. We had gorgeous weather and were able to lay out on the beach, swim in the ocean, eat pizza near the beach, bike ride on the beach and through all of the trails through the town, golf, eat at some local restaurants, go putt-putt golfing, etc. Needless to say, we had a wonderful time! If we lived in the midwest or east coast, we would definitely dream of buying a vacation home in Hilton Head!
The day we checked out it was raining, so we stopped at some Outlets before driving to Savannah, GA. I will post more on that in the second part of this blog... Sorry for all of the photos!
The Hulk ride at Islands of Adventure
Joy and I waited for the boys and tried to figure out if they were on the ride or not
Nick and Brandon are in the two left seats in the very front!
The before picture from going on the rafting ride
The after picture - we were all soaked for almost the rest of the day!
My type of ride!!
Enjoying the ocean!
The weather was so nice and warm
We stopped at a neat pet store that has a ton of dogs that you can pet...this Siberian Husky was really soft. I normally don't pet dogs so we had to get a picture for evidence!
Eating a yummy chocolate covered rice krispie bar in St. Augustine (I did actually share with Brandon!)
We thought this shirt was appropriate for Joy!
Clark's Fish Camp in Jacksonville, FL
The alligator that was near us while we ate
Two beavers!
Three lions!
We ate at Sonic a few times...
The beach in Hilton Head - it was so nice to walk in warm ocean water
Our view while eating pizza one night - my favorite part of the vacation!
New York City Pizza (recommended by Rachel...thanks!)
The beach - it felt so good to be in warm weather
It was fun to walk along the beach and look at the nice houses
Golfing at Old South
A nice dinner at Antonios (an Italian restaurant)
The only alligator we saw while in Hilton Head - we were told we would see a lot!
I felt so weird eating inside a restuarant all wrapped up in a towel but I was wet and cold from the air conditioning!
The famous lighthouse that you can see from the Harbourtown golf course
Riding back to our hotel on the beach
The hotel pool
Putt putt golf at Pirate's Adventure
6 comments:
Glad you guys had such a good time! Can't wait to hear more about it!
You look so pretty in all of your pictures, Kristen! I can't believe you aren't a roller coaster girl, though! I learn something new everyday! :)
How FUN! What a great trip!! I love all your pictures. It is never a good sign when a rollercoaster stops riding though... you guys are brave. Glad to have you guys back!
I really like the dress you wore to dinner. Sounds like a great trip. SC looked like a fun place.
Writing love letters in the sand. You guys look good wet or dry. Glad that you had a great time.
Kristen you had such a beautiful wardrobe when you were in Florida & S.C.
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