September 01, 2005
Starfish
Today was the perfect ending to an incredible week. We had a fabulous day starting out on the beach. It was a gorgeous, hot and sunny day and the beach was pretty busy by 9:15 or so.
The shore was covered with starfish, many of them still alive. There were places on the beach where some 20 or 30 starfish were sitting in a tidal pool or on the sand. Children carried them by the handsful. Zack and Chris swam in the calm clear water, jumped waves and did air fish, where Chris flies Zack through the air across the water. They swam while I walked the beach and picked up shells and looked at starfish.
To give Chris a break, I took over but Zack still wanted to swim like Dad swims with him. Instead, I immediately steered Zack to another little boy his age to play with, hoping that would entertain him for a while. We met Ross and his mother Mandy from South Carolina and they played and played. It was nice to have adult conversation. Zack took a break with a lemonade while we went to the Beach Club store to buy souvenir towels and t-shirts. We stayed at the beach until well after 12 and finally went in for lunch. Zack went down for his nap and I went back to enjoy the beach some more while Chris stayed in to read.
It was low tide and there were no shells on the beach but an unbelievable number of starfish - even more than before. A couple of people were surf fishing. One man I passed by had caught both a stingray and a whiting. I passed by later to find he had a caught small blue shark and another whiting. The beach was just fantastic; I hated to leave knowing this was my last time to enjoy the water.
I headed back and took a shower and we began the process of packing. After naptime, we rode the bikes back to the rental place. Although the bike trip was brief, it was nice to savor one last ride. Riding bikes is one of my favorite parts of being here. Chris took some pictures of some birds, but we couldn’t find any alligators. We walked back home and headed to Harbour Town.
We walked around a bit and headed for the Crazy Crab once again where we had broiled seafood. I had to savor the hushpuppies and sweetened iced tea. Just like clockwork, Zack felt the call of nature at the dinner table. Once again, Chris was left alone at the table to eat his meal (with my food getting cold) while we made a potty call. Not once, but twice. As soon as we got back to the table, we had no sooner sat down then Zack decided he had to go once again.
Literally at every single meal we’ve eaten out Zack has had to make a potty run. Twice at the Crazy Crab, twice at the Salty Dog and at the Kingfisher Restaurant. His amazing tour of Hilton Head toilets.
Despite the potty stop, we made it back to the table and finished dinner. We enjoyed the obligatory key lime pie, which was incredible. It was far better than anything I make. We finished up and then let Zack play on his beloved playground as usual. We shot some good video of Harbour Town, walking on the wharf one last time. It was beautiful and the sun was starting to set.
Next we made it home and headed out for our final walk on the beach at high tide. Zack ran and ran as he loves to do and we got some video.
Today was another spectacular day on a vacation that surpassed my expectations. It has been perfect in every way. We all made a deal that we would come back here every year.
Posted by Holli at September 1, 2005 10:16 PM
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