Hilton Head

We just returned from an amazing weekend getaway.  It was a delayed celebration of 15 happy years of marriage.  December isn't all that great of a time to get out of town so we waited.

South Carolina might seem like a random choice but we our a little random ourselves.
Our criteria:
1. get there fast - not a lot of travel time
2. beach - that's how we roll and
3. somewhere new - bring on South Carolina.

Not only did we check South Caorlina off our list of travels we checked Georgia off as well.  Hilton Head is just a quick hour away from Savannah, Georgia.  We loved both places.

Since it was me on vacation, the first day was a down pour of Texas size rain (I really think it follows me) - that puts a little damper on a beach vacation but we woke up Friday to sunny clear skies.

 Hello Georgia!  Here I am in front of the oldest house still standing in Georgia - The Pirate House.  It's also haunted.

 Chris and I are awesome at making new friends.  Here's a few of them.

 Chris on our sunset sail.  Luckily we got this in.  We had reservations for Friday night that were cancelled due to the weather, then mother nature cooperated on Saturday night.  Chris was like a kid in a candy shop - he's not sitting with me because he got some fancy job raising the sails - such an awesome experience.

 Sunset sailing!

 Biking and more biking - this was awesome.  We were in no hurry, no kids to rush home to, know schedules to be concerned about, just us on our bikes.  The beach and the trails were both so fun.

 Harbour Town Dinner.

Kayaking, we opted for the dolphins and not the gators.  We saw plenty of dolphins up close and got stuck in a few oyster patches during low tide.  

Here I am  clinging to my chair on the balcony on our last day,  clearly not ready to go home.  

I'm so happy to have had this weekend to celebrate "us".  I'm so happy Chris has stayed by my side all these years.  He's the perfect catch to grow old with.