Hilton Head, SC – Sept. 23, 2025
Stop #4
This was a very long drive. 6 hours from our last location to this location. Right away, I was hit with how bougie this place is. The Vanessa who planned this part of the trip planned a super fancy RV Resort. I had no idea. We pull up and check in. We are given cards on lanyards to open all the doors, etc. in the clubhouse. We are escorted to our spot by a “valet.” This is fancy speak for a guy driving a golf cart.
Immediately, I run over to check out the shower accommodations. These are the best ones by far. I am including a pic of these bad boys. The best washers and dryers too. They actually take credit cards instead of me digging around for quarters like an animal. My goal of talking to new people was a bit more difficult. Typically, all the people around us sort of go out of their way to say something. Not here. I watched a couple eat at their outdoor table, and they didn’t even speak to one another. I even walked by multiple people and expected them to say something… but nada. It even felt weird for me to say something to them, so we just passed by one another.
We have decided that we are going to watch movies that were filmed or based on places we are going. Tonight it was Forces of Nature with Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock. I pulled that one out of the long-forgotten movies of the 90s. I also experimented with the air fryer. I had never used one. I made some Totino’s pizza rolls with a mayonnaise dipping sauce. When I say sauce, I mean just mayo. Sorry. I am very disgusting. I was a bit confused about how to get out of this compound, so I just made do with junk food.
The biggest part of the day was me draining the RV for the first time. There is no pooping allowed, so none of that. But I got confused about which hole the tube went in (first time for everything). I forced it onto this one hole I found, released the pull thing, and it started spilling out of the correct hole. So to open the correct hole, I had to get wet. I was disgusted and had to fully sanitize. I am happy to report that everything from here on out will be drained properly, and no one saw the small amount of pee water that hit the ground.
For my pics today, I am including the copperhead my brother saw when he was going to the clubhouse to drop the kids off at the pool. Glad I was walking around without shoes earlier. Dumb.
Another final thing I wanted to add is that for this first week of traveling, we are only spending one night at each location. So that means 7 locations. By the time I reach Pennsylvania (which is 4 stops from now) that will be the first time I get to spend 2 nights at one place. My brother will fly home and then my husband will fly out to come along for the last two weeks. I also have a big surprise happening on Sunday. NO NO I can’t tell you now. But it is huge. Well, not physically huge.. Just exciting.
