Around Friday late afternoon, Adam and I drove 7 hours down to Hilton Head to stay with my dear friend Sean and everyone else that traveled and invaded his house. Ian and Kelly were the reason everyone came together. They just recently got engaged and Savannah is their ideal wedding destination...thus, we were all helping shop for a venue. Ian and Sean's parents were there too, which is always a good time.
Saturday: Ian, Kelly, Adam, Mom Middlemas, and I toured some under-impressive wedding venue in Savannah and spent the rest of the morning sight seeing. We went to their favorite wine shop (MOF on River St, a GREAT place for sweet, southern wines) and walked around before we decided we were hungry. We went to Wiley's BBQ for lunch which is ALWAYS a treat. Virginia has TERRIBLE BBQ so this delicious smoked meat was, essentially, manna from heaven. We went home and relaxed and planned to meet Sean for dinner after e got off work. Apparently everyone had been scheming because they surprised Adam and I with a sunset dolphin sail (my favorite part of the whole trip!!) I was able to see a few dolphins but the real fun was drinking wine while being able to watch the gorgeous island sunset with Adam and my amazing friends. Best surprise I've had in a long time! Then we went to the Skull Creek Boathouse and had incredible seafood an listened to the 80s music blasting outside on their deck. Then we went back "home" and had a little fire pit before bed. What a great day!
Sunday: After waking up and meandering the house for a while, everyone decided they were hungry. (If you think eating and drinking are our only motivators, you're correct!) We started a trolley tour (so cool, btw! Savannah is full of rich, detailed history) and then remembered why we left the house. Oh yeh, food! We split up, half of us eating at Wild Wing and the other half exploring. We finished some of the trolley tour but then more inspiration struck. Time for drinks!! We visited Wet Willies on River Street, a great place for alcoholic frozen beverages. We split up again since Kelly had to be at her next venue tour at 3 and Sean, Adam and I wanted drinks and Mom and Dad Middlemas wanted the trolley. Eventually we met up at the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum and Scarborough Gardens (with Kelly's parents too)...around 3. The gardens were beautiful and after touring/deliberating, Kelly and Ian decided to pick it as the venue. SO EXCITING!! Naturally we had to celebrate this momentous occasion with more alcohol so...onward to the square! We drank and danced to live music. I even had a guy make me a flower hat (which, actually, made me look like a helicopter) Dinner that night was at Mi Tierras and then it was back home to pass out from exhaustion.
Monday: The day for goodbyes. The whole clan had a giant brunch at Cracker Barrel before everyone went their separate ways. Naturally I made Adam stop by Publix for a sub and a sweet tea to throw in our cooler for dinner on the road. And it was delish! Mmm.
Now we're home and I'm getting ready to start a 7 day work week to make up for my vacation-weekend. I want to thank the Middlemi for being so welcoming and accommodating, as always. We're so lucky and blessed to have such wonderful friends like you! Thank you for everything!!! Congratulations again to Ian and Kelly. The wedding is going to be incredible and I can't wait to help you in any way possible.
**Feel free to check out more of the pictures from our trip on my Facebook page!**
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