Leaving the Timeshare

We are now in Hattiesburg, SC, about 10 miles north of Savannah.

Our campsite:

Most of the time we have neighbors with pets - usually cats or dogs.  But not this camper!!!

On the way here we saw this highway sign (Judy's Dad was Clyde!)

This is the bridge that separates Georgia and South Carolina.

It was one of the steepest bridges that we have crossed!

Last Friday we went to the Clearwater Marine Acquarium.  We drove thru Clearwater and saw one of the tour boats:

Things have changed quite a bit since we were last there.  The movie "Winter" made this place extremely popular. 'Winter' is the dolphin that the the acquarium got several years ago off the beach.  It had gotten snagged in a crab trap rope and they rescued it.  They had to remove its tail and an artificial one was made as a replacement.  

They were working with another dolphin here:

We actually saw and held one of the tails when we were there back in 2009.  Here is Emma holding it.

When we were there, each of the kids got to be with Winter.

Here is Emma:

Kelsi:

Morgan:

And Gehrig:

On Friday we toured the acquarium.

This is Winter without her tail:

And, this is the houseboat that was used in the movie. 

After the acquarium we went out to dinner – where else but JD’s.  Judy had her two favorites – grouper and crab cake and I had all you can eat cod, along with the “Endless Salad” that they serve that is delicious.

After dinner, we packed up and left the timeshare and went back to the RV.  Since it was cloudy and rainy, we decided to leave the timeshare early and go back to the RV.  We wanted to leave fairly early Saturday morning anyway because decided to drive all the way to Savannah, about 360 miles.

Weather was great traveling north but we heard about the tropical storm that was moving in.  Glad we got out of there when we did because by Sunday there was some flooding and wind – even a tornado at Pass-a-Grille where we were on Thursday!

We got here late Saturday afternoon and spent Sunday relaxing and getting ready to visit Savannah again 14 years later!