My dear wife, Carrie, and I made it back home this afternoon after most of a week at Hilton Head, South Carolina.  We stayed at a place called Shipyard in a group of condos that were the closest to the beach of any on the 880 acre property.  We were just about two and half blocks from the ocean.  We could have stayed another night, but we needed to get home.

I am so delighted we were able to share this great trip with my sister and her daughter.  We tried to get our nephew to come too.  He wanted to stay home.  His loss!

Hilton Head is every bit the golf paradise that is advertised.  Out the window of the place we were staying was a lagoon, trees, other trees with Spanish moss hanging on them, and we could see the 150 yard marker of the 6th fairway of the property’s golf course.

On New Year’s Eve, Carrie and I visited Harbour Town.  This is home to Harbour Town Golf Links where the RBC Heritage PGA event is played annually.

Here Carrie and I are on the modest lighthouse that looks over the harbor and you can see part of the 18th fairway behind us.  As you can see…we had a nice day.  This was New Year’s Eve.  Though we left after a SPECTACULAR sunset, there was a ball that was dropped from the lighthouse to celebrate New Year’s.  Of course, it was a LARGE golf ball.

The 18th green

Me standing near the 18th green

The Lighthouse

Hilton Head was great.  It really was.  What is wasn’t was a Southern place.  People there were there to have a good time.  They were not rude.  They were not real friendly.  The best way I can put it is that it is like Florida jumped over Georgia and landed on a piece that is Hilton Head.  Southern Accents?  You’ll find more of them up North in Wilmington, NC.  Friendly on the beach?  No.  Cordial.   Would I go back again?  Tomorrow!  It was a nice place.  And no…I did not play golf.  If I go back, I will.

104.9 The Surf…a great radio station… is not to be missed and worth the visit on its own.

Carrie and I usually plan our getaways months in advance.  It was strange and good to go somewhere on the spur of the moment.  It more than worked out.  Oh, Carrie and I did see an alligator as we were on a hike.  We did not have a camera at the time.

Speak the rights.

Danny Johnson