TYBEE HAPPY ARRAY

We're headed south!  To beaches unknown!  And beaches known, LOL.

We're Tybee Happy.  This happy array of vacation happenings includes me, hubby John, our son Calvin, and a penpal friend of 49 years, Jeani.  

 1 - To the Diner in Sevierville, TN

"If you're driving too long, and your man's hungry, you might find scratches in the dash!" quotes Jeani.

2 - The Incredible Christmas Place, Pigeon Forge 

From Mrs. Claus Sweet Shop in Pigeon Forge, I called home to son Spencer, "How'd you know I was going to ask that?"  I exclaimed.   He had been telling me they were working on Ian's bike but before I could ask which flavor of fudge he wanted from this shop he ended his conversation with, "Lemon Meringue!"  

"What?  How'd you know?"  And he busted a gut laughing at his own cleverness.

3 - St. Michael's Church thrift store, Tybee Island

There's a thrift store on Wilmington Island and one on Tybee Island.  Tybee's thrift shop is part of St. Michael's Church and is only open one day a week for 2 hours.  
 

We walked in with an older woman that turned out to be the cashier.  Jeani asked her why only one day and only a few hours.  The friendly elderly lady explained she was 80, one of the gals inside was 89, "Honey, the average of our help is 85!"

At a Tybee beach, three bathing beauties stopped just this side of the boardwalk to chat up Calvin who was leaning on the railing next to his dad.  The one in orange bikini sat in the sand waiting on a hermit crab to pop out of a hole.  Calvin was explaining how the hermit crabs operated when one hole became active with sand shooting out.  Then UP POPPED a crab that scuttled away 6 inches to add to his pile of sand and scampered back down.  The girls squealed and giggled.  Then they got a stick to check the depth of the hole but the stick was never long enough!  They chatted up Calvin for a long time. They were a happy threesome, leaving footprints in the sand and walking into the sunset lit sea.  Yep, we saw it!

There's another boardwalk to another beach that crosses a retention pond for a housing addition. You can feed the turtles and observe them steadily approach.  This year the water was dried up for about 20 feet.  It should've been right under us!  Looking closely at the water, you could see black pepper-like dots on the surface.  Those were turtles' heads coming our way!  Thousands of them!!!  We know, because there's that many more on the other side of the walk and no matter how long you stand there watching, taking pictures, tossing bread, they keep coming!  It's amazing, truly amazing!

4 - Comfort Inn & Quality Inn, South Carolina

Motel Mishaps occurred on the way home.

Comfort Inn Motel  

Toilet squirted water on the floor onto my ankles!!!  It came from the water supply valve that's between the wall and the stool!  The clerk called up a maintenance man who, of course, couldn't make it repeat.  But wall trim and wet grout made a believer.  Who gets their ankles washed by toilet water!?!?

Quality Inn 

I pulled back the covers on my bed to discover dirt and black hair.  Walked downstairs (this one had NO ELEVATOR) to complain and the clerk said they didn't have any housekeeping, at least not until tomorrow.  He gave me clean bedding and offered me a discount to change my own sheets.  

Quality Inn 

The toilet wasn't seated like it should've been.  I'd guess it needed a new wax ring.  When we sat down it did a little rocking motion.  Eeeek!  I came out of the restroom singing to Jeani,  "We girls wobble but we don't fall down."

Jeani pursed her lips and left off the r like a toddler learning to talk,  "Wax wings won't work", ROFLMHO!

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Headed home, headed north, to a land of no beaches, but remaining ... Tybee Happy!