Life's a Beach

In an attempt to escape the extremeeeeely rainy weather in ATL, we headed to Hilton Head for the 4th of July!

Our first "4th" activity was the Sea Pines parade. Patriotic bikes, waving children, and red, white & blue-clad canines filled the gravel path along the harbor.

 

With the sun shining and a delicious breakfast in our bellies from Harbour Town Bakery, we headed down to the beach for a full day of tanning, sipping, playing bocce ball and swimming in the warm ocean water.

 

 

 

Special thanks to Betsy for the adorable beach spike! It was the perfect way to keep my beer out of the sand and close to my hand! ;)

 

 

After a much-needed afternoon snooze, we all gathered outside of the condo to enjoy the beautiful views and celebrate America!

 

 

 

A gorgeous display of fireworks, launched from a ship in the harbor, was a great end to our relaxing 4th of July!

 

 

Day 2 in Hilton Head consisted of similar activities--sun, sand and cocktails. We stopped for a quick bite at the Surfside Outdoor Restaurant. I had a frozen mango daquiri, and Taylor sneakishly sucked down a cocktail, insisting that he didn't want to be seen drinking a pina colada.

 

 

That night, we were able to touch base with old friends and new ones!

 

 

Dinner at Vineyard 55 in Bluffton was great, and we had a blast at OldTown Dispensary listening to the band, playing the "name that artist" game and catching up with Charlie!

 

Just like all good things, our weekend at the beach came to an end, and we headed back to rain-soaked Atlanta to start another week of work.

Soon enough, it was time for the weekend again, and we welcomed Alli & Chris into town before their move to Charleston!

 

Another night with the Braves (another win with me in attendance--6 for 6 now) and some quality time with some of our favorite people!

 

 

 

After the game we took a trip back in time. First, to the 90's. Cue the scrunchie. And then, we went back to the 70's to enjoy some tunes from the Steve Miller Band, who sounded exactly like they did in the 70's...or on the radio, for those of us not born until the 90's. ;)

 

 

 

 

Make sure to check back in a couple weeks for scenes from my company's annual meeting in Milwaukee. I love the Braves, but any city whose baseball team is beer-related is OK in my book. Go Brewers!