Summer Vacation 2010: Hilton Head or Bust!

The McMahons (Me, Rebecca, Isaac (2-1/2 years old), Ella (almost 4 months old)) and Potters (Darren, Melanie, Kristen, Kaitlin (both 10 years old)) are vacationing to Hilton Head!  I haven't blogged about much lately, but thought this might be something worth chronicling if I can keep up.  I welcome all comments from parties involved if any of you would like to contribute to the memories.  That's why McMahonhood exists!

The McMahons and Potters in Hilton Head, SC

8/20/2010: Travel Day
Wow.  Let me first just say... Praise God that we are here and looking forward to a great week!  But I will say that travel day was a little rough.  It started out fine... after taking Lucy to Sleepy Hollow (the kennel), I finished loading up the [new, freaking awesome] Pilot just as the Potters showed up to the house.  Bless their hearts, they got extra biscuits at Bojangles, and all a brother-in-law had for breakfast was coffee... score on the Bacon, Egg & Cheese biscuit!  Not to mention the cinnamon raisin biscuits (?) that Rebecca and Isaac shared - they looked... and were confirmed... delicious.
We plugged addresses into the GPS devices and hit the road around 9:30am.  Travel began peacefully -- the sun was shining, music was jamming, Isaac was enjoying a movie in the back seat and Ella was sleeping.  All was well through our lunch stop at noon.  Assuming we got back on the road about 12:45, the next six hours... yes, SIX hours (for a total of 9+ hours)... remains a blur of one gas, potty, and nursing break, three typhoon-like torrential downpours (the last of which lasted about the final 45 minutes of our trip and caused us to pull off into a car dealership), slow traffic (from rain and one tractor trailer accident), an insane amount of crying, a wife about to lose her mind, and the smell of poop.  And for being the one who reeked of poop in his pull-up, Isaac was remarkable for the whole trip.
After managing to miss a turn on the GPS (the whole reason I bought the thing) and adding another 2 miles to a trip that had already been long enough, we made it to Island Links Resort and checked in around 6:45pm.
We were starving like Marvin (...I don't know) and quickly unloaded vehicles and ordered up some delicious pizzas from Bella Italia.  The ladies unpacked and made a grocery list while Darren and I picked up the pizza.  Dude that hit the spot after a LONG day.  We were all exhausted, but sleep would have to wait until groceries had been bought.  Darren and I hit the Bi-Lo (not to be confused with "Buy Low"... expensive!).  And even after all our exhaustion, we stayed up chatting (not the kids) until about 12:30am before we dragged ourselves to bed.  After all, it is vacation, right?

Today's Good Read: Matthew 8:23-27