Hurricane Sandy Beach Day!

We headed to the beach in hopes of seeing some giant waves (they weren't all that big---yet;)  The winds have really been going strong the last 1.5 days, which makes for a very musical backyard with my windchimes and Corinthian Bells...it's hard to sleep at night because I just want to listen to the beautiful concert!  It looks like rain...we are under a tropical storm watch (which sounds WAY more cool than "winter storm watch," wouldn't you agree?)  But, we had  quick breakfast and hit the beach.  My hunch is, the gigantic waves I've heard about (when there's a hurricane moving along just east of us) will probably hit tomorrow.  It would't kill us to head back to the beach...though explaining to the hubby that "no, you may NOT go into the water" is a challenge...he's kind of a natural dare-devil....this will be our fourth (nearby) hurricane since we've lived here, and I've learned that the riptide currents become very strong and dangerous for a few days surrounding the hurricanes.  Since John and the girls got caught in a current a few days ago (the girls were right next to him, so he was able to grab them both), I'm going to play it REALLY CAUTIOUS. 

Anyhoo, here are a few scenes from our Hilton Head Island Outing....we actually did more than the beach today.....did you know they actually have shops and restaurants too?  Only took us 2 years to explore our pretty little island;)