1st October
We were up early this morning to do the last minute packing and to get on the road to South Carolina. I had read online that the journey would take 5-6 hours so we wanted to be gone from Orlando by 10am to ensure we arrived at a reasonable hour.
Gladly we achieved this aim and had left Bay Lake by 10. The drive wasn’t too bad (says she who sat in the passenger seat the whole way – my excuse is that it costs extra to add an extra driver!) but I didn’t realise quite how far up Florida goes! We stopped for lunch at about 12.30 and we were still in Florida….when would we pass through Georgia?! Well as it turned out we headed into Georgia not long after lunch but it took a while!
It seemed to take hardly any time at all to pass through Georgia and before we knew it we were now in South Carolina. The last part of the trip was slower as the speed limits on Hilton Head Island are maximum 55mph and the majority are 45mph.
We eventually arrived at the resort sometime between 3 and 4pm. We checked in, got our keys to our room and went to unpack. We had a little wander around to see what was where and found the little shop which is only open until 6pm – very different from Disney opening hours in Orlando!
We decided to venture out this evening for Pizza and to the Piggly Wiggly to get a few snacks for the room. We got to the pizza place (Guiseppi’s) and there was a 20 minute wait for a table – which seemed to be good news – if it is busy it must be good right? Well, it was good! We had a medium pizza, garlic bread and fries for under $35 including tip which was well worth it and much less expensive than in Disney.
Back to the room where we watched some American football – as it had been on the TV while we were eating pizza and Rob decided he wanted to see what happened!
2nd October
We had picked up some information about places to eat in Hilton Head while out last night and found a place which was part of the same group as the pizza restaurant which did a Sunday brunch.
So, as the pizza had been good we thought we would give brunch a try…..we put the address into the sat nav and off we went. We got to where the sat nav told us to go and couldn’t find anything that looked like a restaurant – until eventually we realised that the restaurant was behind a boathouse. I must admit it looked a bit ‘dodgy’ from the road but we decided to go ahead and try it and again it was great! Another thumbs up for good quality food at a relatively low price.
After brunch we decided to go and find the beach house – this is a couple of miles from the main resort so we drove there on our way back. The resort does run a shuttle during the day but there is plenty of parking so taking your own car is a good option if you don’t want to be reliant on the shuttle.
The beach was quite quiet, you can tell that this was not a peak time at Hilton Head, but it was nice and quiet which makes a change from Disney!
We had a relaxing afternoon and evening – not doing very much at all. I think we had dinner at the Outback this evening but I cannot be 100% and I am away from home again so cannot check my receipts!
If it was the outback we had a great meal again tonight – Rob had a steak and I had some chicken sandwich (I think!). We also had an amazing chocolate brownie dessert with ice cream.
3rd October
We went out this morning looking for a local doughnut shop – but failed miserably to find it and so instead went to Sea Pines to look around. This is some kind of resort/community which you have to pay to access – costs $5 per day which isn’t too bad.
We drove in and found a coffee shop/bakery so stopped to have coffee and a pastry to make up for the lack of doughnuts!
We then took a wander around and did a little window shopping. There is a lighthouse at Sea Pines which is apparently famous as it features in one of the golf courses on the island which is used as part of a major tournament?! I will upload a picture – let me know if you recognise it!
So, we paid the $3.50 each to go up the lighthouse and then climbed the 114 steps to the top. We got some nice photos from up here and then got some change so that I could squash lots of pennies on my way down!
We then went over to a different part of the community and had lunch in a restaurant/café called The Salty Dog. We had chicken strips and fries and they were amazing as well. So much good food in Hilton Head – I wonder if it was the sea air?
We did a bit of shopping – got a towel with a Jack Russell on it and a sign which says ‘welcome’ with a piccy of a Jack. Anybody guess what kind of dog Zac is?!
We had seen a shopping centre so went to take a look around – and almost every shop was closed – talk about off-season!
So, we left Sea Pines and went back to the resort. We generally were a lot more relaxed on this part of the trip – so if it seems like we spent a lot of time doing nothing……well it’s because we did!
I think we were terrible this evening and got McDonalds for tea – we had so many nice meals that I think we got a bit bored of proper food – so I got myself a McFlurry for dessert!
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