Relaxing Day at Hunting Beach State Park

Tuesday
September 1, 2009

We woke up at eight o’clock this morning and then Gina brought me a cup of coffee at 8:30. This is two mornings in a row that Gina got up before me. We enjoyed our coffee together in bed watching the last few minutes of the morning news. From there we both got on our computers. Gina wanted to get back on Facebook and I wanted to get the blog entry written. We didn’t really have any plans for today. So after I got the blog entry posted I asked Gina if you wanted to go to the beach. She said yes, so that would be our destination today. We left home around noon. We needed to stop by a grocery store to buy some bread first. We both just wanted to eat a sandwich for lunch at the beach. While we were heading toward Beaufort Gina asked me if we could stop by this store called Carolina Stamper. She wanted to see if they had some Marine specific stuff for Thomas’s scrapbook. I dropped her off and then thought I would try to find a place to park. However, after 15 minutes of driving around I realized that I was not going to find a place to park. I finally made my way back around to the store and Gina was waiting on me outside. She did find a few items that she thought would work for Thomas’s scrapbook. From there we stopped by Publix and bought a loaf of bread. We then headed toward Hunting Island State Park. We first stopped by the campground and met the camphosts which were very nice. The reviews on this campground were correct. From what we could see the turns were extremely tight and the trees left no margin of error. I’m not saying I couldn’t get my truck and camper in there. However, I don’t think I would even try to bring my camper here since the probability of damage to our home would be higher than I would be willing to risk. From there we headed down the road to the park’s day use area. We paid our entrance fee and then found a parking spot near the beach. We then walked out to the beach and set up our chairs. The sky was overcast but the temperature was a mild 78 degrees with a cool wind coming off the water. I began reading and Gina went walking down the beach looking for shells. She found a lot of different shells and she must have walked up and down the beach more than 15 times during our six hours on the beach. Gina looked for shells so hard that she didn't even sit down one time. I packed up our stuff and got it all loaded back into the truck and then went to get Gina. We enjoyed the beach so much that we decided we would go back tomorrow.

We made it home around eight o’clock. I lit the grill while Gina washed off her shells. We had baby back ribs and sausage with bake beans for dinner. After dinner Gina chatted with Ashley and then hopped on Facebook for a little while. Around ten o’clock we both went to bed. Gina went to sleep and I sat up reading for a couple more hours. I knew it was getting late so I put the book down and went to sleep too.

Until tomorrow, Gina & I hope everyone has a pleasant and wonderful day, enjoying what our Father has so graciously blessed us with.