Tybee Island, Georgia 2014

The Sissom family met in Tybee Island, Georgia for a week at the beach over the Memorial Day holiday. The house that Terry’s dad rented was built in 1937 and had three stories. It was unlike any house we had stayed in up to that point. It even had an elevator which came in handy for Terry’s mom. We feasted on great seafood all week, walked on the beach, met on the big front porch for coffee in the morning. We had a lot of laughs and told a lot of stories. It was a fun week, but it’s always good to get back home.

The front porch was my favorite part of the house. If I could’ve taken it home with me, I would have!

Me!

Terry's mom, brother and dad relaxing on the porch.

The boardwalk to the beach. Our house was way off the beach this time around.

Looking back toward our beach house which is to the right of the board walk.

I will post some pictures from our trip to the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum tomorrow.

Sunset on May 29th.

I took this shot looking toward the city of Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach pier.

Terry on the pier at Myrtle Beach State Park. He bought that hat at one of the shops in Pawley's Island. Just what he needs, another hat :0) There were a lot of people fishing from the pier. One man caught a sea turtle and immediately park rangers converged on the scene. Sea turtles are endangered and they took great care in trying to get the hook out of it's mouth. They wrapped it in wet towels and were carrying it to a local vet when we left the pier. I believe they said it had swallowed the hook. I hope he or she was alright. It made me sad to see that beautiful creature that way, but it was an accident. You could tell the man who caught the sea turtle was upset.

I took this shot from the pier looking back toward our beach house. It's the last house you see in the picture.

After we left the pier, we walked over to the nature center in the park. This is one of many snakes they had. This is a glass snake. The following pictures were all taken at the nature center.

I think in all I took over 150 pictures on our last day at the beach. I'm still sorting through all of them, so I will be posting more. I was going to post last night, but after a 10 hour drive, I was too tired.

Destin, FL Aug. 2012

View toward the beach in Destin from "My Margaritaville" the beach house we rented in May of 2008.

Back to Destin!

Terry got up early this morning and took these beautiful sunrise shots.

This morning we took a drive 6 miles east to Destin and Miramar Beach. We made a stop at the Margaritaville beach house we rented in May of 2008. It's changed a lot since we were here four years ago. They've added a pool since then.

There was a car from Texas parked in the driveway. This visit back to the beach house was bittersweet! Coming back was something I needed to do. Sad memories were replaced by thoughts of all the fun we had here that week!

After visiting the beach house we made a stop at the Destin Harbor Boardwalk.

There was a huge old Magnolia tree at the entrance.

Hubby Terry posing in front of the Magnolia tree.

Destin Harbor Marina is home of the largest fishing fleet in the state of Florida. It's absolutely gorgeous with lots of shops and restaurants.

Destin is such a beautiful place and it was good to get back there! We plan on heading back to Destin this evening to eat dinner at the Fisherman's Wharf.

One Last Look Around

These picture were taken on our last day at the beach.






We were priviledged to witness a wedding on our last day there.
It happened on the beach directly in front of our beach house.