South Carolina

Our first trip to South Carolina was a success! We arrived last Thursday, and stayed just outside of Charleston, on the Isle of Palms at the Wild Dunes Resort. The resort itself was pretty big, and it was surrounded by amazing beach houses. As soon as we checked into our room we put our suits on and headed down to the beach. We met some other couples Ryan works with and had a few drinks and lunch by the water. We then showered up and got ready to meet everyone at the cocktail hour. It was so nice to meet the people Ryan works with and their spouses...everyone was so much fun. Ryan and I snuck away for a late night dinner at the Boat House. We had the best seafood, mahi & grouper, and I even tried collardgreens for the first time....so southern haha.

Wild Dunes

Boat House

Friday morning we were up early to get a workout and breakfast in before we headed to the spa. We spent the rest of the morning getting a relaxing massage. It was lunch, pool, beach, and cocktails for our Friday afternoon. Then the entire group ventured to down town Charleston for dinner. Ryan's region went to 39 Ru de Jean. Everything we ordered was amazing. I love going to dinner with big groups because you get to try so many different dinners. We loaded up on sushi for appetizers and then I ordered the braised short ribs and Ryan had an amazing pasta with scallops. We also tried duck and rabbit which were firsts for me. After dinner we jumped on the bus and all headed to Henry's House. We had a huge VIP room for our group : ) and at the end of the night, we had some great pizza from Pizzeria di Giovanni for the ride back to Wild Dunes.

Us at Henry's House

Late Night Snack

Saturday we didn't make it up as early, but we did walk to the Market for breakfast sandwiches and tea/coffee. We also soaked up the sun and enjoyed our last day at the beach. Ryan & Megs even went out on the boogie boards. Saturday evening we all met a little earlier so we could catch a boat for a sunset cruise. The boat was huge and the scenery was beautiful. Once we were back at the habor we all had dinner and then some of us got on a bus and headed to down town Charleston again to go out for the night. We went to a fun bar called Mad River and danced the night away.

Boogie Boards

Our Last Day on the Beach

Megs & I

We saw Dolphins

Part of Our Group Boarding the Boat

Party Boat : )

Ryan and I both really liked the Charleston area. We didn't have much oppurtuniy to explore down town during our short stay, but the Isle of Palms and Wild Dunes was a great area. I think it would be the perfect summer vacation spot to return to once we have a family of our own. Renting a home in the area would be awesome for a big group or family. It was so nice to have a short relaxing vacation away : )