More Island Adventure

It is raining today on scenic Hilton Head Island, but we have truly been blessed with good weather since we arrived on Sunday afternoon. Yesterday, we went on a dolphin cruise and with an 80% chance of rain, I was anxiously awaiting an early call from Commander Zodiac that our cruise had been cancelled. Luckily, the rain held off till today and we had a great time on the water. Our "boat" was little more than a raft with a motor, but it proved to be a fantastic vessel from which to see those beautiful, gentle dolphins! We  traveled about .75 mile from shore into Calibogue Sound where two shrimp boats were "parked!" The dolphins and the birds LOVE the shrimp boats because of all the fish they catch in their nets that they then throw back into the sound. We saw at least a dozen dolphins from our raft and they are so beautiful! Our driver said that there can be thousands of birds hovering above the shrimp boats, but luckily, there weren't that many yesterday. I wasn't especially interested in reliving an Alfred Hitchcock moment on the water! After our one-hour tour, we browsed the quaint shops for a bit and then went to a sweet little petting zoo at Lawton Stables. Such precious little animals, including a deer that we were able to pet. Morgan tried to feed her fingers to a pony, who bared his teeth to her delight! She also chased a chicken and was practically nose-to-nose with a goat! Good times! We had lunch in Harbourtown at The Crazy Crab (Chris's pick) where Bailey learned to eat fish & chips. After naptime, Chris took the kids to the beach, while I read in the condo. Pure bliss! We had dinner at One Hot Mama's (another Chris pick!), which is run by Orchid Paulmeier, a Food Network Star contestant/winner/something like that. Fun atmosphere and Morgan was good the entire time! More of our adventures tomorrow!!