Denise and Rick Cunningham

Like many boomers we're planning the "next chapter". We live a fairly chaotic life in Georgetown in Washington DC. I'm a former fashion executive and journalist. Rick's an engineer and computer scientist. We're about ready for a little change of pace. Travel... perhaps moving to warmer climes ...and definitely savoring more moments. We never set out to buy an RV...matter of fact, we had never even been in one and I definitely don't camp. But, now, with more time and a growing aversion to the insults of air travel, we bought a 40' motor coach. Our grandson, Ian, named it Gigantor. We call it Tor for short.

We're seeing things you just can't from the air and finding that we've so much to discover on this continent. In the past two years, we've taken three marvelous six-week trips. This time, we're "chasing the sun for as long as it fun". We left on October 5, 2009. We'll see how long we last!

We're searching for great places to stay, sights worth seeing, golf courses worth playing, great restaurants, shopping, farmer's markets. We're on the road in search of the high road.


Saturday, February 16, 2008

Arriving Hilton Head

Though we had two days factored in to make it to Hilton Head, we decide we do not want to stop at another less than desirable place and plow ahead 420 miles to make it today. We have to take care of a few complications, like we don't have car or resort reservations for today. I get the resort booked okay since it's not really in season yet, but the car is another issue.


Enterprise inexplicably closes at noon on Saturday and is closed on Sunday...this is at the airport. Check nearly every alternative online and finally locate a car at National. Rick drops me off at the airport and dashes to the resort to make it before their 5 pm close. I follow with the car.


We are pleased when we arrive. This is the first of three Outdoor Resorts of America we have booked and the Hilton Head Island Motorcoach Resort is very, very close to what we've been searching for. If you book here, definitely request a lakefront site...we found it far more desirable. And except for a maintenance area that is in our line of sight and that should be surrounded by a high fence, we think site #330 is the best of the lot.


All the sites have paver patios and since this is a condo resort, the owners have furnished them differently. But all seem attractive. What sets site #330 apart is that it has a second dock-like patio on the lake. We settle in, prepare a jumbalaya for dinner and are quite content.

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