There is Sunshine in my Soul Today!

The best weather so far! We have absolutely loved our day. We started with breakfast at a southern favorite - The Waffle House. It is an experience but I would call it a step down from Denny's. Melinda and I split a breakfast wrap and hash browns.

We headed straight to Hilton Head Island. We were unsure how long it would take us because everyone we talked to gave us a different answer. Even "jill" and "mapquest" had different answers. Well our answer was 90 minutes. It was a beautiful drive with trees everywhere. Like Nicole described it, it felt like we are driving through the canyon. Leaving Savannah we were able to go over the Talmadge Bridge which is HUGE and really quite fun.

We arrived around 11:00 am and we were really excited to hear our room was ready for check-in. Yeah! We have a gorgeous room and it has an ocean view and it is really quite a spectacular view. We feel like royalty here. It is a resort/spa and they treat us really well. We immediately changed into our swimming suits and spent the next five hours laying out. The sun felt so good! It was wonderful to lay there and soak it up. We are all pink. The water, however, was ice cold and so our feet are the only things that got wet. Our server was from Sandy UT. What a small world to meet someone from UT all the way out here. We had lunch and of course drinks by the pool.

The gal from the spa was giving complimentary chair massages and so we all enjoyed one and then at 4:30 we rented beach cruisers for an hour and road out on the sand. It is flat and that makes it nice. The sand is also easier to ride in because the tide was low. We rode down the coast without any problems. We felt like we were in heaven and Melinda said she was fulfilling a dream. However, as soon as we turned around to go back we realized we had a problem. THE WIND! We were peddling into the wind. Wow! It felt like we were peddling up hill. I am not going to lie - it was really hard. The sand was also more wet and so it was harder to peddle. Several times we all stopped and walked our bikes for a break. However, I have to say that Melinda was the WINNER. When I got to the point I needed a break she kept peddling - she was labored and slow but she kept going. From that point forward, she did not stop until she got back to the hotel! I, on the other hand, stopped and walked twice during that time. She was so focused on her goal. We rode for about an hour and we felt like the last 30 minutes was the best exercise -- better than the gym.

After the bike ride we all came in and took quick showers and changed for dinner. There is a PGA Tour going on here and the island is very crowded. We wanted to drive out to see the lighthouse. We were told it would be impossible tomorrow because it is right next to the golf course where the tournament is going on and it would take us two hours to drive 4 miles. No, thank you. Well, we got very lost but we eventually found it. Imagine our surprise when we found out it was not a 'real' lighthouse! It is the only 'man made' lighthouses and is not a functioning US Lighthouse (Coast Guard) lighthouse. Basically it is for show! Funny because it is a 'popular' lighthouse in that everyone has heard of it. Well, we saw it at dusk and our pictures really didn't work, but we did see it. We walked around to a couple of shops and then we ate at the Waterfront Cafe which is below the lighthouse. It was good food. There were so many people there -- most with a lot of alcohol in them.

Tonight after we came back from dinner we took a "moonlight" stroll along the beach. We didn't go for very long but the girls both feel it would have been a lot better if their companion was 'male' and not 'female'. I had a good laugh.