Monday & Tuesday 21st + 22nd May

a feisty hammerhead shark

On Monday Ben went off fishing on his own to the pier he had previously visited.  He managed to catch a hammerhead and a blue fin shark, the latter being a good size.  He rounded off with an ordinary fish which he has not identified yet.  I did some retail therapy and then went to the pool. There were quite a few people at the pool, all American, so it was a good opportunity to do some people watching as well as reading and swimming.

Blue fin shark

Jaws!!

Sunset from the beach

After supper we went for a long walk down the beach and watched the sun set. We watched a chap racing up and down the beach being driven by a para sail - which reminded us of son Philip out of control on a land yacht at RAF Dishforth many years ago. The air temperature was very pleasant as was the sea temperature. We just managed to find the correct exit off the beach as it was dark by the time we got back to the apartment.

We tried to arrange a round of golf for Tuesday at the Legends course on Parris Island. This would have given us the chance to look around Beaufort which is the second oldest town in South Carolina, Charleston being the oldest. Parris island is a big training base for the US Marines and having booked our golf we discovered it would take at least 2 days to get the correct pass to get onto the military base. This isn't clear on the golfnow.com booking website, however, Ben phoned the Pro Shop who were very helpful and tried to see if they could speed up the pass process (they couldn't) so they arranged a refund for us with golfnow.com.  We subsequently booked to play at Robbers Row course on Hilton Head where we played last week. We were joined by Mike and his son in law Matt from Atlanta, who again were good company.  True to form Liz reverted to hitting the ball down the middle of the fairway and knocking putts up to the hole from wherever she was on the green.

soaking up the evening vibes

This evening we ventured back into the Sea Pines Resort and Harbour Town to eat at the 'Crazy Crab'. We had recommendations in the apartment blurb and from Mike McGrail to eat here - we were not disappointed.  We both opted for the 'Captain's Platter' which consisted of broiled lobster tail, crab cake, scallops, shrimp and flounder.  Needless to say we passed on the starters etc.  Following an excellent meal and a bottle of wine we went outside and sat on rocking chairs overlooking the marina listening to live music before heading back to the apartment.