We just arrived home from our annual spring trip to Hilton Head. It is, in my opinion, the very best way to kick off summer vacation. The kids had so much fun. I found that I didn’t need many of the clothes I packed because the children were content to spend 90% of their time on the beach and in the pool. We didn’t go shopping, didn’t go for ice cream, and I had to carve out time to do at least one educational side trip.
The kids have grown and changed so much since our first Hilton Head trip 5 years ago.
See what I mean....
Having fun at the splash fountain
Notice it’s raining…..the only rain we had during the trip
My son, who wouldn’t put his face in the water a year ago, is now doing flips and swimming under my legs in the pool. I NEVER thought it would happen.
Being silly outside the condo
We drove through Savannah National Wildlife Refuge/Laurel Hill scenic drive. The scenic wildlife drive was located on the site of a former rice plantation that existed before the cotton gin was invented. Soon thereafter rice farming was abandoned in favor of growing cotton. We were on the prowl for Alligators…and we weren’t disappointed.
This guy (or gal) was resting on a creek bank a few yards away. He was about 6 feet long.
It may be hard to tell from the photo but this gator was at least 8 feet if not longer…we saw two (this size) swimming in the waterways.
This is the site of a slave village on an old rice plantation.
"T" atop an old water cistern
This guy was only about 4 feet long.
Still, we stepped back from the edge of the pond when he started swimming towards us.
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