My husband does a professional bicycle stunt show and it has taken us to some pretty cool places. In January, he attended a convention (January= fair convention month. Most of his events are booked at these.) on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, so we decided to make a family trip out of it!
On our way, we spent our first two nights visiting dear friends and their foster kids near Charleston, South Carolina. The next two nights we used Airbnb to stay near Hilton Head Island, allowing us easy access to both Hilton Head and Savannah.
Yes, it was January.
Yes, it was cold.
But really, we are native New Englander's... so it really wasn't that bad.
We had a blast checking out the Island, gathering nearly 30 sand dollars (and releasing them), digging our feet in the cool sand, and ending the brisk night doing a dance by the fire at the convention resort.
A few tips on how we made exploring Hilton Head Island affordable-
(Note, we just explored one day)
- Airbnb is where it is at!
We stayed two nights at $60 a night but we had $60 in Airbnb credit from referrals. The resort that the convention was at was about $110 per night, so we saved $160 in lodging.
- We checked out a local Lidl grocery store and bought snacks and food for the day of exploring and the long drive.
- I searched out "kid friendly things to do" on Google!
- We visited a free animal farm called Lawton Stables. It was beautiful, fun and had nice restrooms. We bought a bag of feed to give to the animals and it was a blast!
You pay $6 CASH to get onto this part of the Island. It was located within Sea Pines Plantation- basically the main busy road suddenly comes to a toll, so be ready. It's a 5,000+ acre gated community. (As a former Full Time RVer heads up! No RV's!)
It was rather fun to have the beach to ourselves! All the palm trees, alligator (ahhh!), birds and plants made it feel like a totally different world. Exploring Savannah the next day really made it a nice break away as a family.
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| Melt my heart! He wrote his name in the sand by himself! |
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| He wanting to bring some sand home to play with. |
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| Visiting Lawton Stables |
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| This sweet horse! His head was SO big! |
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| Our Airbnb had sand toys that we could use! |
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| Hiking a trail that honestly wasn't that exciting. |
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| My fire dancing children. |
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| At the end of a long day outside exploring, we did school work in the resort lobby waiting for Daddy to finish up. |
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| I'm kind of obsessed with how stinking cute they are when they sleep together! (Airbnb travel for the win!) |
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