Saturday, August 5th - To Hilton Head

Today I took Ruby (Ashley's German Shepard dog) to the Kennel for a two week stay. Ruby loves the folks at the kennel and did not hesitate (unlike our own Gypsy Rose, who HATES kennels).

We packed up the coach and the Tahoe (and rooftop carrier) for the 240 mile trip to Hilton Head Island. MA drove the Tahoe and Ashley, Camryn and Cecilia rode with me in Grandpa's Bus. Uneventful trip but when we got off I-95 onto US-278 for the last 22 miles into the island, traffic was just creeping along for about 10 of those miles. Seems that the check-in time for rentals is 4:00pm and this is an every Saturday occurrence in the summer.

Ashley and the girls checked into their rental home, just five houses from the ocean. It is a really cute two bedroom one level older home close to Coligny Plaza which is the hub of the island activities. There is also a guesthouse on the property along with a pool and Tiki Bar (unfortunately, unstocked).

Sunday, Berri comes for two days. She is in Charleston, SC for a wedding of a college friend and will be with us before she returns to Austin.

Javi comes in Wednesday evening from his trip to Germany. It will very nice to see Javi again and I KNOW Ashley will be delighted with some full-time help!