Hilton Head

We got down to Hilton Head and had to sit through another owner update.  It was at that update that we found out that the package for the extra nights at Surf Watch that we bought last year came with a cruise too.  Neither of us realized that.  Now we have to find someplace to go.  Life is tough.

Our room overlooked the pool and I spent some relaxing hours there.  We went to Kroger over in Shelter Cove and found our favorite horeseradish cheese and also Larry's favorite Merlot Cheddar from Murray's.  We can't get either of these at home.  It's amazing how much food I have to import because we can't get it here. 

We met JoAnn and Jerry for dinner at the British Open Pub.  We hadn't seen them since we were in HH in April 2016.

Wadmalaw

We left Myrtle Beach early to spend the weekend with Gerry and Kay at there house and Nadine flew down from New Hampshire.  It was short but fun and when we left we booked a week at there house for next October.

 We took a walk down to the boat launch and took a group selfie.

Myrtle Beach

We had a pleasant drive to Myrtle Beach.  Weather was good and so was the traffic.  We got out of the car at Ocean Watch and boy was it hot!  80 degrees.  We went to check in but our room wasn't ready.  We finished our check in and rooms were supposed to be ready at 4:00  and it was 3:57 and we didn't have a room.  We went down to the pool bar to wait with a beer and got a call at 4:22 that our room was ready.

We eventually went and got our room key and them unpacked our car onto 2 carts and went to our room where we found someone laying on the kitchen floor working on our refrigerator.  We took all the stuff off the cart and decided to go to the store.  We came back and the refrigerator still wasn't fixed.  No problem - all we have to do is make sure we close the door.  The door just won't close automatically with a push.  We wanted to put our stuff in and go to the hot tub.  We told him he could come back on Friday since we were leaving 2 days early and he should have plenty of time to work on it.

We did go to the hot tub and it felt so good.

On the Way to Myrtle Beach

We drove down on Saturday thinking we wouldn't have any traffic going through DC since it was a Saturday.  Forget it!!  Our ride was fined until we got on 95 south of DC.  What a mess.
Anyway, we got off to stop at a gas station for their rest room since I never would have made it going less than 5 mph and when we got back on the traffic was gone.

We stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn in Fredericksburg and got upgraded to a two bedrooom.  Nice!!  And better yet, ther's is a whold new area at Town Center mall called the Villages at Town Center and we found the best restaurant - Park Lane Tavern.  Great draft beer and fish sandwich with the best tasting garlicky tartar sauce.  Usually I never use tartar sauce but this one was so good that I even dipped my french fries into it.  Good thing we could walk both ways from the hotel because we needed the exercise.  We want to repeat all of this on our way home.

Van Zile Travel Evening

We went to the Century Club for the Van Zile Travel evening.  We had 2 glasses of wine each, went around and talked to everyone at the tables, "I wish I was rich," and Larry, who never wins anything, won a $75 credit for Travelex insurance.  Fun evening.  Sherry and Rich were there too.