Summer 2009 is turning out to be a whirlwind. It didn't start out that way; three months ago, we had nothing on the books but a trip to Maine in June for my brother's graduation and then our annual beach vacation, which we pushed from July to September.
But then it sort of dawned on me there was absolutely no chance I could make it till Labor Day before going to the beach. It was all downhill from there. So far, I went to Pittsburgh for a wedding in June, then we went to Bar Harbor, then Jay went to Pittsburgh for his grandma's birthday, and we just got back from 4 days in Tybee Island and Savannah, GA. Remaining on the schedule:
July 10-12 Charleston, SC to see Eric, Milay and Lillian
July 24-26 NYC (just me) to visit Jen
August - possible weekend trips (sans Jay) to Missouri (my grandparents) and St. Simon's Island, GA (my aunt), visit from my parents
September 5-12 Holden Beach, NC
The summer will be over before we know it! I feel so lucky to live in North Carolina, where we have all kinds of great weekend destinations available to us, and also to have awesome family and friends who help care for our dog so we can run around and do all this stuff.
Our weekend in Tybee/Savannah was wonderful. We headed down on Thursday and enjoyed three nights in a cute little beach cottage on Tybee Island with friends Cheryl & Josh. We opted to stay at the beach rather than in town, knowing that it was going to be HOT and we would likely want access to water. Boy, were we right. While we did spend a full afternoon exploring Savannah, the rest of the time was spent beaching, eating out and just visiting. It was a good choice. I was prepared for the heat, but I got an awesome sunburn nonetheless. Jay and I have already determined that we're going to have to return to Savannah in, say, November to check it out when it's cool enough to function. We did make it to the Telfair Museum, the River Street shops, the Colonial Park Cemetery and tooled around some of the most famous squares. My to-do list for our next visit is already a mile long!
I'm trying to post as many photos as I can on my Flickr site (see link at left) so you can follow along! If you're thinking about planning a vacation to Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia, chances are good I have travel pointers!
I'm getting dizzy just reading about your travel plans! That's some great stuff there. You really are an expert at stretching out that vacation time ;-)
I have to say, after our Big Fat Midwestern Vacation, I'm a little burnt out from trip-taking. We're going to finish off the year with a few roadtrips and a big Cali blowout, then we're going to chill in 2010...or so I say.
Posted by: a-dogg | July 06, 2009 at 03:35 PM
We have been vacation at Ocean Isle Beach since I was 5...its next to Holden Beach...you should check it out sometime...its really nice! We were just there for a week in June.
Posted by: Lindsay | July 07, 2009 at 11:09 AM
I've visited Ocean Isle - very nice!!!!
Posted by: Sarah | July 07, 2009 at 12:18 PM