Vacation, Part II
Up at 5 am this morning for our 7 am flight to Savannah via Charlotte. No rain, thunder or lightening this morning, just gloomy grey clouds. Although we were up early, we were glad we decided to change flights to insure we got to Hilton Head in time for Vacation, Part II.
When we landed in Charlotte there were a dozen AA planes on the taxiway waiting to take off, airplanes landing every few minutes and another 15, or more on the tarmack waiting to get to the terminal, including us. It looked like Interstate 5 in rush hour, all because of the DFW weather yesterday. This is what happens when you have to stage airplanes away from the storms - a major traffic jam. There were airpanes moving all over the place in every direction looking like a square dance on Saturday night, and we were caught in this rodeo for 20-minutes! Thankfully our departure gate was only a couple gates from our arrival gate.
After arriving Savannah at noon we proceeded to pick up our rental van and set out for lunch before driving to Hilton Head. The weather here was as expected - 80 degrees and sunny. It was great to meet up with the Armitstead's (on the right) and Edwards for another week of fun. Armitstead's drove from Mississippi and stayed overnight in Atlanta where they picked up the Edwards who had flown in from Orange County last night.
This year we are staying in a 3-bdrm condo at Shipyard Plantation/Golf Course the Edwards arranged rather than our Marriott timeshare. Like the Marriott 3-bdrm unit we usually have, Shipyard is quit nice and Hilton Head Island is always a treat with beautiful scenery surrounded by water.
Not only is there a pool next door and beach close by, but the pond out back has the following sign:
...and Karen spotted the gator.
A guick stop at the beach (beach photo compliments of Ellie Edwards) before dinner at Java Burrito, a new place. Looks like we'll be back!
When we landed in Charlotte there were a dozen AA planes on the taxiway waiting to take off, airplanes landing every few minutes and another 15, or more on the tarmack waiting to get to the terminal, including us. It looked like Interstate 5 in rush hour, all because of the DFW weather yesterday. This is what happens when you have to stage airplanes away from the storms - a major traffic jam. There were airpanes moving all over the place in every direction looking like a square dance on Saturday night, and we were caught in this rodeo for 20-minutes! Thankfully our departure gate was only a couple gates from our arrival gate.
After arriving Savannah at noon we proceeded to pick up our rental van and set out for lunch before driving to Hilton Head. The weather here was as expected - 80 degrees and sunny. It was great to meet up with the Armitstead's (on the right) and Edwards for another week of fun. Armitstead's drove from Mississippi and stayed overnight in Atlanta where they picked up the Edwards who had flown in from Orange County last night.
This year we are staying in a 3-bdrm condo at Shipyard Plantation/Golf Course the Edwards arranged rather than our Marriott timeshare. Like the Marriott 3-bdrm unit we usually have, Shipyard is quit nice and Hilton Head Island is always a treat with beautiful scenery surrounded by water.
Not only is there a pool next door and beach close by, but the pond out back has the following sign:
...and Karen spotted the gator.
A guick stop at the beach (beach photo compliments of Ellie Edwards) before dinner at Java Burrito, a new place. Looks like we'll be back!
Glad your Saturday was more fun than ours. Try not to feed too many golf balls to those gators, Bill!
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