Mel's Place: October 2010

A friend of our was kind enough to let us use their time share in Hilton Head, South Carolina for a week. So we jumped in the car on Thursday afternoon and headed off. We drove about half way and then stayed the night in a small place along I-95. We pulled into Hilton Head about 3:00pm on Friday and were able to check into our rooms as soon as we got there. The place that we stayed is Marriott's Barony Beach Club. It is spectacular. The grounds and facilities are first rate and just beautiful. We had been concerned about the weather, but it couldn't have been more perfect for us. We started off with a little tour of the rooms and the facilities and beach.

This is the kitchen.

A shot of the living and dining area. The place had three flat screen tv's. One in each bed room and in the living area.

This was bedroom two with the two queen size beds and a bathroom.

The master bedroom with a separate shower and toilet area and a whirlpool tub.

Cherry at the beach. It was beautiful with the white sand that doesn't get hot.
The beach was very wide and hard in the middle, so a lot of people rode their bikes along the beach. The beach was probably 150 feet wide and the waves were very mild, so it was great for kids.

People brought lots of toys for the beach.

Our rooms were in this part of the complex.

One of the four pools with the snack bar behind.

Cherry and I had worked out a schedule. I played golf on Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday. Of course Hilton Head Island hosts some 24 golf courses, so we will have to return to play the other 21. On the other days, we rode our bikes - very flat - great for bikes. On Tuesday, we schedule a kayak tour and spent most of the day doing that. It was great fun, we saw porpoises and many jelly fish. The jelly fish were called cannon ball jelly fish and that is exactly what they looked like. They were not the type that sting you and so we could pick them up.

This is the dock area and lighthouse at Harbor Town in Sea Island Resort. This is where we got our kayaks and took that tour.

While playing golf I did notice that there were lots of small ponds and lakes on many of the holes. Most of the ponds had many turtles and all had one or more alligators.

Turtles basking in the sun.

A small alligator taking a snooze by the side of the golf course.

On Thursday we took a boat over to Savanah, Georgia. The trip took about 1 and 1/2 hours and we saw a lot of porpoises and beautiful birds along the way.