Sea Pines Hilton Head Island, South Carolina BIKING

Yes, on August 30, we went again for this lovely bike ride at Sea Pines Resort Bike Trail, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
We did stay at the Hyatt Place Savannah Airport and from there we went for our biking trip.

Like on October 27, 2017 we started out more or less from the Lighthouse area.
Here I am, wearing my Alo Yoga short that just arrived the day before departure!

The sun was so very bright here at Harbour Town Yacht Basin!
You can click below this post for going to my previous post from last year with map and more info about Sea Pines Resort.

 It is such a lovely area!

Well worth the fee for entering with our car + 2 bikes.

This is where we biked... from our Strava App

We stayed for 2 nights at this lovely Hyatt Place with generous sized rooms and kitchen area for breakfast.
Our green KIA Soul is parked next to the Hyatt Place sign with the 2 TREK Bikes on the bike rack.

On the day of arrival we were at the pool by 4:00 PM...

It was still HOT... and very sunny, I could not even see the screen of my iPhone due to the glare, hence these finger marks!
33ºC is 91.4ºF

It actually was a lot warmer than the forecast said...

At 7:20 AM from our room...

YEP, this is serious...
Just the week before, a woman that tried to rescue her doggie, got pulled down in the marshes by such an alligator and killed. Very sad and only the doggie survived.
Both evenings we walked across the street to 201 Seafood Restaurant and had delicious fresh seafood.
My 2nd day was my favorite: TUNA STEAK* GF
Carrot-ginger purée, seasoned red rice, cucumbers and carrots.
Pieter opted for the ATLANTIC SALMON* GF
Seared salmon served on a bed of fingerling potatoes, bacon, shallot, spinach with crema.
Just lovely to merely cross the road back to our hotel...

On our final morning we did bike around the hotel, well not full circle as there is the Interstate on one side and a lake. But they sure enough are working hard to get that road extended!

This is the route that we biked around (almost) the Hyatt Place hotel. The Interstate 95 is seen to the left.
Enjoy our main bike ride by clicking on this very short 40 second video below:

Relive 'Sea Pines South Carolina'

        

Related link:

Sea Pines Resort Bike Trail, South Carolina | previous post by me

211 Countries Visited - Welcome Marshall Islands & Hurricane Michael visited us...

On October 5, my humble blog got visited by the 211th Country - Welcome Marshall Islands! 

According to the World Factbook, Marshall Islands are situated in Australia-Oceania.
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Yep, from the Panhandle of Florida, Hurricane Michael traveled through South Georgia right over our area.

This we got in the morning...

This was the Hurricane Warning on October 10 with strong SouthEast wind of 77 km/h or 47.8 mi/h
A 4-fold warning...

By midnight it turned into a five-fold warning!

HURRICANE WARNING

TORNADO WATCH

FLOOD WARNING

TROPICAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FLASH FLOOD WATCH

It was just past midnight on October 11 at 12:16 AM when I read the above and especially the EastSouthEast wind of 85 km/h or 52.8 mi/h looked scary so I decided to stay awake till it would pass over.

Temperatures are in C, it was quite a bit cooler than the previous days.

Dublin is right in the darkest area...

Husband Pieter was sound asleep and I could hear the wind all around the house and heard some big noises, of a tree that came down. 

Turned out several big pine trees from a back neighbor's property had come down.

By 12:30 AM the power went off... and it was pitch dark!

Winds still were beating up anything that came in its patch.

We were only 19 hours without power and a couple of hours today...

Lineworkers are still working hard for restoring power back as soon as possible.

Even lineworkers from neighboring states have come to the South for helping out!

The above map gives you the dates or having power back on: October 12, Midnight, October 13, and October 14, October 15 and October 16...

We cannot complain! 

Our 6-year old Drake Elm - Ulmus parvifolia had snapped off...
It looked so dreary and gray next morning! 

Our Pecan tree had come out...

Our Pussy willow snapped off...

Of course, our bridges took a brutal beating as well, you can see some damage to the right at one of our three bridges.

TONS of green leaves have been snatched off and little branches are everywhere...

This is on the edge of the lawn and on our driveway... so many green leaves are off!
Also our Leyland Cypress is leaning over the fence towards the street and needs to be cut down... 

At the end of our property line in the corner with the neighbors...
This needs to be cut down!
But NO damage to our home, not even to our greenhouse!
Lucky, compared to so many others in the Florida Panhandle; our prayers are with those people!

Proud of our community that is feeding 375 linemen (lineworkers) for lunch tomorrow!

Thanks for your visit and comment.

Related links:
210 Countries Visited - Welcome Sierra Leone | previous post by me
{Pussy Willow from Cuttings} | previous post by me
{Our Drake Elm - Ulmus parvifolia} | previous post by me
{2004 Hurricane Francis - Our Garden Before and After} | previous post by me
{Our Damage from Tornado spin off of Hurricane Earl, 2003} | previous post by me

My Favorite Ice Cream is Häagen-Dazs

POWER OUT SINCE 00:30 MIDNIGHT OCTOBER 11, WHEN HURRICANE CAME THROUGH
Still NO POWER at  17:50
Yay, Power came back on at 19:30 so it was off for only 19 hrs...

Each and every time we go to Sawgrass Mills in Florida, we treat ourselves to a delicious Häagen-Dazs ice cream! 

Always I have a Pineapple Coconut Häagen-Dazs...

And so does husband Pieter!

What is your favorite taste?

Thanks for your visit and comment.

Related link:
{Last Call Outlet Score of Etienne Aigner Sandals} | previous post by me showing you the ice cream flavor