The water was SO warm! I am so used to the Santa Barbara ocean that is FREEZING! This felt like bath water and the sand and ocean were really clean.
Mrs. Janelle packed us a cooler of sandwiches, snacks and rum punch. She really is just the nicest!
After the beach, we came home and got cleaned up for a cocktail party that the Proctors hosted with friends to meet all the California girls. I am bummed I didn't get any pictures of their lovely friends and all the food. Pickled shrimp, boiled peanuts, venison sausage, pulled pork sandwiches.....everything was delicious and everyone was so wonderful to us.
After the cocktail party, Holley and I decided we could use one more night out on the town in Beaufort. After all, we were well rested from our late morning sleep in!
We hit up a bunch of fun bars in the downtown area and heard some great live music.
The next morning we said goodbye to Colonel Proctor and Mrs. Janelle and headed to Savannah. Holley and I were on our own in Savannah because Meredith had a business trip she had to get to and Karen wasn't feeling well.
Holley booked us in a swanky hotel in a great downtown location, the
Avia Hotel.
We hung out on the rooftop pool and relaxed.
And I was able to read an ENTIRE book on this trip. With all that I have going on right now, I am averaging about a book a year. So finishing a book in 5 days felt like the old days when I had a weekly Amazon delivery of books!
At one point, rain drops were upon us. We welcomed it. It was still very warm and tropical. We sat underneath the cabana relaxing, chatting, reading, snacking, napping.....
Get a look at this menu, everything was superb!
My favorite dish we had was the fried green tomato with applewood bacon and sweet corn cream. YUM!
After dinner we headed downstairs into the basement of the mansion which is called
Planters Tavern. We listened to the live piano music over a glass of wine and laughed and laughed about things that happened on this trip and past trips we have taken together. We actually had to apologize to the couple next to us who were giving us the stink-eye for being too loud. Whoops!
Obviously we were in a silly mood since I made Holley take this picture. I was convinced she and our hotel lamp planned their outfits that night.....
Fast forward to 4 AM the next day where I headed out of Georgia back to Santa Barbara. My kids were waiting for me at the airport and it felt so good to see them.
And because I was so bad a taking pictures on this trip, here is one from Holley's birthday party this year when her parents were in town. I love this family so much! Colonel Proctor and I have a special bond that consists of me falling for all his magic tricks and lending an ear to his stories that go on longer than they should but it is very endearing. I've been told that he chooses his audience wisely which means I am a sucker but I still can't figure out how he makes that quarter disappear. Mrs. Janelle is so wonderful to my entire family. She is so thoughtful and kind. Her thank you letters, gifts and generosity is genuine and loving. And Holley, love her so much and our friendship means the world to me! I feel so lucky that our family has this family in our lives.
Girls' Trip 2013!!! Where will we go next?!
