Day 20 - Hilton Head Island (4th of July)

We spent the day wandering around the main village on the island.  Stopped in a few shops, had lunch, checked out the beach, etc.  We bought a new parrot for the trailer.  He sits on a perch.  Not sure where yet I want to hang him.  I also picked up a couple of new bike tubes, given the issues we had yesterday.

One funny thing.  We tried to drive over to Harbor Town (another village on the island).  It is inside a privite community and you had to pass through a security gate to get there.  They charge $5 / car for folks who are not living/staying in the community (Sea Pines).  The guard was pretty funny.  He asked if I wanted the good news or bad news regarding going to Harbor Town.  The good news was that we "could" drive to Harbor Town but the bad news was that since I had 6 wheels it would cost me $25 vs. the $5 other cars had to pay.  I didn't really want to go that bad, so we turned around.

We then headed back to the campground.  We went to the pool for a while.  The campground was hosting a BBQ that night, so after swimming we headed back to get ready.  I packed up our little wagon with a cooler, chairs, my Bose box, camera, and a few munchies.  They had things setup on the tennis courts near the bay.  Nice location.  When the call came for folks there was a mad dash, by many there, to get in line for their free food.  I still don't understand that mentality.  We sent the boys to stand in line, while Cathy and I sat at the table.  We ended up switching places with them and met a very nice couple from Augusta, GA.  Fun chatting with them.  The folks we shared the table with were also very nice.

There we supposed to be a firework display at 9:30pm.  We setup our chairs near the bay, but nothing happended!  No one was quite sure what happened so we headed back around 10:00pm.  Cathy took the dog out for a walk around 11:00pm and a few fireworks were going off at that point.  One person who walked by Cathy joked that they much have thought they were on Central time.

I got my golf back and gear out in preparation for my outing on Friday.  Looking forward to that.

Here is a picture of the boys goofing around at the BBQ and another of us sitting in a tree while walking around.