Hilton Head Island

We left Skidaway Island last Sunday around 11AM and headed to the Hilton Head Island Motorcoach Resort. We were led by a resort host to our campsite across the street from a small lake and were surprised at how narrow the roads were. Not a very “big rig” friendly park. The resort is heavily wooded preserve, so there’s lots of shade, but no satellite TV reception. We had an excellent Verizon signal so we could stream Game of Thrones on Sunday night!

We got our rental bicycles delivered on Monday and enjoyed a nice ride through the RV resort after dinner.  

Tuesday I repaired the retractable steps for our motorhome. We began having problems right after the tire shop guys drove the motorhome into the shop a couple of weeks ago. The mechanic apparently opened our front door and stepped on the steps before they were fully extended which ruined the drive motor.

I ordered the replacement parts on Amazon and had them shipped to me at the resort before we got here. I watched several YouTube videos to get an idea of what the repair involved. It took me about an hour and a half to complete the repair.

Tuesday after dinner, we drove over to the beach about a mile and a half from the RV resort. It was a beautiful evening. We enjoyed stopping by the beach-front Tiki bar and listened to a band playing there. 

We rode our bikes to the beach on Wednesday after lunch. It was a nice ride, once we figured out where the bicycle paths were, as we didn’t want to ride in the street.

We decided to go have an early (4PM) dinner at a highly-rated seafood place called Skull Island Boathouse on the other side of the island. The food was good but the view of the water was better. We ate outside on another beautiful day. There was a long line of people waiting to be seated when we left around 5:45.    

Today, our last full day in Hilton Head, we decided to go inland about 20-miles to the Latitudes Margaritaville development that we passed by on our way to Hilton Head Island last Sunday. It’s a brand new 55+ community being built. We wanted to take a look at the model homes and they were really nice. They have built 150 homes out of the 3,100 they plan to build. This new development will be close enough to do a day-trip to Charleston, Savannah or Hilton Head Island.

Hilton Head Island surprised us, as neither one of us had ever been here. It’s heavily wooded all over the island and businesses are set back off the road so you can’t really see them for all the trees. Hilton Head Island appears to be a big vacation destination with its beaches and 24 golf courses. It was a fun stop on our journey up the Eastern seaboard.  

Steve & Julie Cornelius