We spent three nights on Hilton Head Island with our friends Danny and Ruelaine (and their pet alligator, Henry)
Henry likes to sun himself in the backyard of their condo
a visit to the marsh
photos below show gators in public areas
can you find the alligator in the photo above?
Trip to Savannah
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Savannah, GA  -  built in 1873
where Forrest Gump sat on the bench when the feather drifted down from the Church steeple shown above
My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. ... Forrest Gump


The African American Monument was erected on Rousakis Waterfront Plaza in 2002. The monument consists of a marble base supporting bronze figures depicting a black family in a tight embrace with broken shackles at their feet. The Monument commemorates and honors contributions of African Americans to the cultural, social, educational, economic and spiritual life of the Savannah community.

The inscription, by poet Maya Angelou, reads:"We were stolen, sold and bought together from the African continent. We got on the slave ships together. We lay back to belly in the holds of the slave ships in each others excrement and urine together, sometimes died together, and our lifeless bodies thrown overboard together. Today, we are standing up together, with faith and even some joy."

copy taken from the City of Savannah website
Trip to Harbour Town
18th hole of the Heritage Golf Classic played on Hilton Head Island - 2010 purse 5.7 million
On to Parris Island
Hilton Head Island beach
a single engine plane lost power and landed on the beach
unfortunately there was a fatality when the plane struck a runner on the beach
   
Trip to Charleston

trip out to Fort Sumter - where the Civil War Began
Views from historic Charleston


great lunch at Poogan's Porch Poo
Tour of the Old Exchange Building and the Provost Dungeon


President George Washington attended a Ball in 1791
in this ballroom on the upper floor of the building