How excited was I to see that the Albino Bowler had not been to Hilton Head before!!! We met up with my in-laws for a week of sun and relaxation in South Carolina. The first order of business was of course, to go to see the iconic lighthouse in Harbor town. The Bowler had a great time at the Lighthouse and even climbed the 114 steps to the top of the Lighthouse. There was an amazing view of all of the boats in the harbor. I use the term "boats" lightly because what we saw docked in the harbor were hardly boats. They were more like yachts. Many, many yachts all in one place for us to see up close. After we came down from the lighthouse we spent some time walking around, shopping a little before grabbing a bite to eat.

One day we drove over to Savannah to walk around for the day. Little did we know just how much walking we really would do that day. WOW! We drove by The Lady and Sons restaurant which is Paula Dean’s restaurant. It really was nothing to look at on the outside, but it is right in the downtown area of Savannah, about a block over from the river walk area. The weather sure was hot that day, I think it actually got up 93. Boy did we pick a hot day to be outside walking around town. We stopped for a quick, cold beverage after walking down by the river checking out all the stores and shops. We stopped in The Peanut Shop and really stumbled on to a great store. They had samples of all kinds of different things, so of course we all had some snacks. There were chocolate covered peanuts, wasabi flavored peanuts, peanut brittle, spicy peanut butter, cajun peanuts, salsa flavored and even buffalo sauce flavored peanuts. Pretty much anything you can think of, they had. The Albino Bowler hung out in the chocolate covered area for most of the time.

We enjoyed our night out at the sushi happy hour, taking some goodies out to the pool for a picnic dinner and to watch the sunset but the best part of the trip was…PARASAILING. It was our last full day there and my mother in law actually almost backed out of it, but she came around. I, along with my mother in law, conquered our fear of heights, and decided to go 800 feet in the air and to tackles something on our bucket list. Parasailing was awesome. I saw some cannonball jelly fish and a sting ray but no dolphins and luckily, no sharks either. The Albino Bowler even went up in the air with my husband, Todd. Thankfully we all made it back in the boat safe and sound. I think we all had a really good time that day. It was another really warm, sunny day and just perfect for a boat ride.

Overall it was a nice relaxing trip. I think we are all ready to go back but until then…HAPPY TRAVELS!

–Courtney Gerringer

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