Hilton Head, Day 2

Started out from Williamsburg, KY.  Becky had been worried that we’d end up spending the night at some flea-bag Motel 6 type of place.  She said the Cumberland Inn had changed her overall perception of Kentucky!

Our route took us near Asheville, NC, so we thought we’d try to drive by the Builtmore estate.  This sign and a very, very brief glimpse of the house from the Interstate was as close as we got.  Kids get in free, but adults need a $51 ticket.  We thought about just sending Haley and Jenna in with the car and a camera.

Driving through the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee and North Carolina was a beautiful drive, but I was thankful to reach South Carolina.  We stopped at a rest stop near Columbia and experienced our first dose of the Carolina heat.  It was 103 and humid.  I LOVED it!

The butterflies at the rest stopped seemed undeterred by the heat also:

We reached Hilton Head around 7 PM and went directly to the Beach and Tennis Resort and got settled.  The girls were very anxious to see the beach, so we headed out there to play a little and take some pictures.  The sun was already setting, so we weren’t out there very long, and we were getting hungry for dinner.

After checking out the beach and the pool, we were very hungry, and it was getting late.  We headed toward our favorite restaurant, the one we always visit first when we get to the island.  When we got there, we were very surprised to see an empty lot!  A curve ball, for sure, but that’s when Cha-Cha came to the rescue!  I called Cha-cha and asked for Remy’s Bar and Grill’s address and phone number.  In just a few moments we found out that Remy’s had just moved, not closed.  Sure, I could have just called 411, but Cha-cha is free, and just plain cool

We were all quite tired when we got home, so we went right to sleep, with plans to sleep in.