In no particular order…

1) “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” ~Edmund Burke

2) “To live is Christ, to die is gain.” ~The Apostle Paul

3) “The one concern of the devil’s is to keep the saints from prayer. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.” ~Samuel Chadwick

4) “A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit’s aid than he can create a world.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

5) “Pray like it all depends on God and work like it all depends on you.”

6) “I want to know God’s thoughts… the rest are details.” ~Albert Einstein

7) “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first.”
~Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens

8 ) “Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.” ~Dietrick Bonhoeffer

9) “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me” ~Jesus Christ

10) “I AM” ~YHWH

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Drive to ATL

Flight back home

Good to see the Rockies…really miss the beach

Looking forward to being back @ D2S

Check Out

IHOP

Aiken, SC

Kung Fu Panda

Stomache ache

Last full day @ time share…

Pool

Back to Hudson’s for one more round of crab legs:

3 lbs of crab legs
$14.99

Beach in the morning

Pool in the afternoon

Cook out - Chicken, Scallops, and Shrimp

Today was probably the best day of the vacation so far.  We headed down to Savannah for the day and had the best time ever!

Setting the stage - referring back to the time share sales pitch that we sat through earlier in the week with JR, we had recieved free passes to ride on the Old Town Trolley Day Tour in Savannah, along with coupons for lunch and a few $10 certificates for the gift shop.  So we headed to Savannah not exactly sure of what to expect, but excited about our new adventure.

We get to the trolley station and turn in our certificates for our boarding passes ($110 value for the 5 of us).  As the tour gets underway we realize we are in for a crazy ride as our trolley driver and guide, Netra (Nee-tra) is as funny as she is informed about the city of Savannah.

We jump off the trolley tour and head to lunch.  Before we sat down to eat we hit up a fun candy and ice cream shop that had a variety of fun things to offer.  We finally ate at a great Carribean seafood place on the Riverwalk.  Again, we cash in our certificates and a $90 meal becomes $20 - we only paid for Christian’s kid’s meal and gratuity ($70 in value).  Right after lunch we headed to the gift shop and purchased our trinkets with our certificates (another $20 in value).

On the way back to the trolley station we walk the Savannah River and do all the fun touristy things..pictures, shopping, pictures, shopping, and more pictures.  And of course, before we jump on the trolley, we hit that fun candy and ice cream shop up again one more time.

Tonight we ordered in pizza, hit the pool up, and rented a movie.  A relaxing end to an entertaining day.  What a blast?!?!

Davis Love III Signature Course: 97

In order to maximize time with the fam, my dad and I got as early a time as possible at 7:32 am and we started swinging away.  We got off to a great start and it was nice not to get paired up with another twosome.  The front 9 was great: good pace and a good rhythm.  The back 9 got bogged down and the pace and play got bad.

Arnold Palmer Signature Course: 105

It wasn’t a total loss as we had certificates for cheap golf from our time share pitch on Monday which allowed us to save about $35 on golf that I otherwise couldn’t have afforded. 

We got home and picked Neva and Christian up from the beach.  After a quick lunch we kicked it poolside for several hours.  Nothing beats vacation and kicking it in the sun!

For our evening activities, we slid down to the south side of the island to Sea Pines (a private community with a lot of history).  We walked around the harbor, went to the top of the lighthouse, and had dinner at the Crazy Crab - but no crab legs tonight.  However, I did get a seafood platter that included shrimp, flounder, scallops, crab cake, and a stuffed fillet.

Another great day on the island!

So we finally had the opportunity to dig in and enjoy the day today.  We got up and had a big breakfast and headed down to one of those time share presentations.  JR was the man with a plan and he skillfully presented incredible facts about the time share company that we didn’t care a thing about.  When he got to the ask he was SHOCKED we said no.  He was convinced that he had us on his hook.  When we stood firm on our no, he got a little panicky and started saying things like, “Don’t you know I work on commission?” “Didn’t I do a good job?”  We told him, quite frankly, that we simply came to hear the spiel so we could get the FREE STUFF.  Then he got upset and was going to make us take the tour of the resort, as if he wasted more of our time we’d say yes, but he was convinced now to give us the full 90 minute presentation.  That’s when your’s truly showed him the invitation we recieved stated a presentation less than 60 minutes (he was already on minute 75-80).  When he realized there was no way out, he conceded and we left with some cool stuff:

4 FREE passes for the Savannah Trolley Tour
FREE lunch certifcates for some cool restaraunt in Savannah
8 Rounds of discounted golf @ Arnold Palmer’s signature course
8 Rounds of discounted golf @ Davis Love III signature course

As you can see…well worth the hour plus and having to slightly, but gently, hurt JR’s feelings.

The rest of our afternoon was spent pool side, 6 hours in all.  We had ice cream sundays and attended a wine and cheese tasting poolside.  It was a great afternoon filled with absolutely nothing.  I love vacation!

As dinner time rolled around we headed to Hudson’s on the inlet and had another pound of crab legs for $14.95…again, great price for crab legs:

2 lbs of crab legs

$26.90 spent on legs

Tomorrow is going to be another adventure with most of our time spent at the beach and Arnold Palmer’s signature course.  No matter how painful, I promise to post my score (and my dad’s).  What another great day!