Hilton Head in a Different Season

No matter what time of year it is, Hilton Head is beautiful.  That said, we were a little worried this season might have some hang-ups.  Thankfully, for the most part there were none.  We were still able to eat at our favorite Greek restaurant (we just had to eat outside, which was fine).  Our friend Beth was on board with our thinking, so our trips to her store to buy fishing supplies and visit Maverick, were great as well.  

Only thing that was unpleasant, was that it was Stinging-Nettle-Jelly-Fish Season.  We normally come in May, which is non-stinging-Cannonball-Jellyfish-Season.  All the kids got stung at least twice but it didn't keep them out of the water for long.  Thankfully, having spent a lot of my time as a kid on the beach, I knew some tricks to minimize the stings.

They enjoyed their normal routine of boogey boarding and sand castle building depending on the tide.

Lance still fished....in the ocean that is.  Apparently, since our last trip an alligator moved into the fresh water area near our residence, no more fishing there.  It was really cool though when he showed up right outside our door, where we could see him from the window.   While night fishing one night, he caught another baby Atlantic Sharp nose shark.  

Titus did some net fishing and caught a blue crab and some small silver fish.

For something new to do this trip, we went for an inland hike at Sea Pines Forest Preserve.  Here we spotted a snake and checked out the old Indian Oyster mounds.  Amber liked seeing the horses on the trail ride best.  

We also had our first beach thunder storm, what a awesome light show!

One other thing we did different this trip was to bring our Apple TV, so that we could watch the primier of "Esther" on Sight and Sound TV.  What an incredible performance!

Back home, Mac celebrated his 18th birthday house sitting for us.  We had a cake delivered from Whole Foods, along with his favorite foods.  He and Ollie got rather comfortable sleeping together on the couch.