Sullivan Sound Off: Vacation 2011-Beach Bums!!!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Vacation 2011-Beach Bums!!!

Sadly, we only got one beach day this year. As I said in a previous post, we spent a little too much time on the dock and the days just got away from us. We planned to go on our last day there. It was raining when we woke up. Pouring rain! We had breakfast and got ready. It was still raining. But we didn't come all the way to South Carolina to not go to the beach! Come hell or high water, we were going to the beach! It rained the whole way there. We decided to stop at Barefoot Bubbas on the way to let the kids pick out some souvenirs and crossed our fingers that the rain would let up. Plus, Barefoot Bubbas gives out free ice cream! It was still sprinkling when we left, but when we got to the beach the rain had stopped. It was cloudy. But guess what? That meant the sun wasn't making the sand too hot walk on! It wasn't crowded! It had a wonderful breeze! For me, it really turned out to be the PERFECT beach day! I wish every beach day was like this! But, please remember that even though it's cloudy, you can still get burnt! I found that out the hard way! We stopped at the Shrimp Shack on our way home. If you've never been there, you need to try it! It is literally a little shack on the side of the road. But across the road, you see the shrimp boats that actually catch the shrimp on a daily basis. Their shrimp burgers are to die for! My dad was so jealous when he found out we were going there. When we lived here, he had to go to the Shrimp Shack every time he came to Beaufort to visit. I got the fried shrimp platter and Jordan got the shrimp burger. The fried shrimp was good, but after I tasted his shrimp burger, I was wishing I had gotten that instead. Jordan must of thought the same thing because after tried my shrimp, he wanted to trade my fried shrimp for his shrimp burger. Worked out well! Who says lunch trading is only for the elementary school cafeteria? Next year, we are going to spread our days out better so we aren't cramming everything into the last few days!