--Spending time family. We don't get to see Nana and Papa very often, so we very much enjoyed visiting with them. Greg's sister Ashley was also there--she is so much fun! The girls of course think she is "cool"! We enjoyed many wonderful meals with everyone, and survived an intense game of Phase 10. (Well, intense for the people who were losing!)
The girls enjoying the beautiful scenery outside on the patio. Had to remind them to be quiet when there were golfers!
On a water break during one of our bike rides. Nana showed us all around the plantation.
We trespassed on private property to get this photo, but the view was so beautiful! Unfortunately, my SIL that took the picture got eaten by mosquitoes.
We explored some ruins of an old plantation.
Nan (my child with the most energy on any given day) decides that she is pooped and can't walk anymore. Sus offers to help her out...
--Harbour Town and Gregg Russell.
Harbour Town is just gorgeous at sunset, with the red and white striped lighthouse, shops, restaurants, HUGE boats and trees. We climbed to the top of the lighthouse (114 steps in all, in case you wanted to know).
Every night in Harbour Town, a performer named Gregg Russell puts on a free show under the Liberty Oak Tree there on the harbor. He has been doing this every summer for 33 years! It is great because he involves the kids, but keeps the parents and adults laughing! He has all the kids come up and sit around him. Kids who know the drill make signs and posters asking him to "pick us" to come up and sing. He goes around and reads every childs sign, then picks a few to come up and sing a song. He does not allow jokes--apparently a 4 year old boy ruined it for everyone on the jokes! The first night we went, the girls made a sign. They did not get picked during the show. Here they are getting it autographed after. Gregg Russell told them to come again and he would pick them. We went again on our last night there, and he did in fact pick the girls to sing. They sang Que Sera Sera and he teased them about their ages, being twins, and being from Texas! (I have a video of this performance. I will send it to you if you are interested. Sam had a case of the giggles.)
--Bike rides. Sea Pines has over 50 miles of paved bike paths. They are so fabulous! Nana rented us bikes for the week. We rode most every day, in the morning and evening.
LOVED the biking!
After 8 pm at night we were allowed to ride on the golf courses. So beautiful. One night I unknowingly parked my bike right on top of a sprinler head that went off as I was sitting there. SOAKED!!!!!! I was completely soaked, and since I am not a good sport about things like this, I went back to take a shower!
Greg, Papa Chris, and Nan.
The girls loved riding by the stables to pet the horses.
We saw at least one of these in EVERY pond or lagoon we came arcross. Kind of gave me the creeps to think about how many were lurking nearby!
--We took a day trip to Savannah, GA.
Such a beautiful city. We stopped along River Street and sampled homemade, warm pecan pralines. Yummy!!! We also ate at Paula's, but since the wait was 4 HOURS long, we loaded up as much as we could carry and got take out! Oh my word, the fried chicken and creamed corn....delicious!
We loved seeing all the beautiful squares in the city. I would have loved to have seen more, but the girls....it just didn't have the same appeal for them.
--Beach time. The girls just love the beach! We all enjoyed soaking up some summer sun.
It really was a great vacation. The girls were such great travelers. They watched many movies, and we were able to get in some family reading time along the way. I am gearing up for another road trip in just a few days......stay tuned.
