Quick Trip to Hilton Head

As hot, Coronavirus infected July wound to a close, and the kids got more and more miserable being stuck inside with "nothing to do", in desperation we decided to take another little vacation, this time to Hilton Head, SC.

We left Monday morning, July 27th, and made good time to the island.  Our hotel room was pretty nice, especially for a last minute, discount deal.

Dodong in our hotel room

Exterior of the hotel



The first thing we did was go to the beach.  



After a long, long day at the beach

The next day we were all still tired from the long day at the beach, so we spent most of the day shopping at the outlet malls near the island.

The boys having breakfast at Panera

Lola wasn't taking any chances with the virus!


In the evening, Old Grump treated Sweetie to a nice dinner at Hudson's, which serves fresh seafood practically straight from the fishing boat.




This was our last summer "fling".  Just yesterday, on the last day of July, the boys returned to school.  (We homeschool our kids, so "school" is simply a video from Abecka Academy we play in our apartment.)

Dodong at school

Kuya at school


Honestly, the stupid Coronavirus has begun to make us all feel trapped and restless.  I hope that miraculously it goes away real soon, but realistically I'm afraid we're in for a difficult 12 - 18 months.  

Phooey to the idiotic Chinese for not only letting this monster loose, but covering up its escape for several months.  I just hope and pray that the Chinese weren't complete idiots, and did not give this thing the ability to mutate into something more lethal.  If they did, we might be living through the beginnings of an end-of-humanity movie played out in the real world.  Not a pleasant thought to go to bed with.

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