We spent a fabulous week in Hilton Head with Adam and Claire’s families.  This is Adam’s family’s last year in St. Louis, and Hilton Head is a place they can drive to for a beach vacation.  Claire, Graham and Caleb joined us there.  We stayed at a Marriott resort and spent the week at the beach, riding bikes, and eating good food.  It was so much fun.  The weather was perfect after one day of rain.

First stop:  Costco!

Our resort backed up to the beach, so we came and went all day long.

When the kids weren’t at the beach, they were in one of the many pools.

We rented bikes and that’s how we got around.  Everyone loved that.  My hip did not.

We had fun trying new foods, like fried green tomatoes!

Claire is our family photographer.  She does good work.

There are rocking chairs put out all over Hilton Head.  Quite a nice idea, in my opinion!

In our family, there is always a lot of reading going on.

The week passed so quickly.  It was good family time.  And it was hard to watch this crew drive away.

We drove with Claire’s family to Savanah with a stop on the way at The Salty Dog for t-shirts to remember our trip.

Then Claire’s family flew back to California.  John and I spent the next few days exploring Savannah, which was delightful.