Annual girls trip

When we were planning our annual girls trip for this year, one of my friends offered up a long weekend at one of places included in her vacation club membership. It didn't take the other two of us any time at all to take her up on it.

We were less than an hour from our usual haunt, but we were closer to marshy water than we were the ocean. It was such a pretty place.

There were huge live oak trees with lots of Spanish moss hanging down. There were tons of birds around the marshy areas. The place had a beach club with a pool, eating places and of course, access to the ocean right across the island. The brochures called it a short bike ride or scenic walk. But seeing as it was our vacation, and we were trying to be as lazy as possible, we drove over there. 

We always bring breakfast stuff, then I provide food for a couple of meals — lunch or dinner, depending on what we need. That way, when we don't feel like getting fixed up, we don't even have to leave our condo/apartment.

We did hit a couple of really good restaurants, and of course, there was a wee bit of shopping done.

But mostly, the best parts of our trips are when we just sit around and talk ... and laugh.

The three of us only get together once a year, and of course we wish it was more often. But we have three-way conference calls several times a year. And with social media, emailing and texting, it seems like we spend more time together than we do.

Anyway, here are some photos from our trip:

I'm sure these guys can give you a hint at what kind of resort we were at.

I have this weird talent of being able to take beach photos that look like the beach was completely empty, when in fact, the beach was pretty crowded.

I love the texture of all types of palm trees.

As you can tell, we were roughing it. I had my feet propped up, reading a book, with music playing and the ocean just over that wall on the back side of the pool.

Doesn't this look like a terrible place to hang out?!

This was the view from our porch. We had two bedrooms (one with a king bed and one with two queen beds), a full kitchen and cute corner dining booth, a living room with a big ol' TV that may or may not have screened a sweet, weepy, girlie movie. And our balcony had rocking chairs and a picnic table.

The sunsets were just beautiful.

This was the walkway from the beach club out to the ocean.

We went to a campfire at the resort where we sang silly songs with even sillier motions and got to make s'mores. I think the kids got a kick out of the adults not being afraid to make fools of ourselves.

The last morning, we decided to buy breakfast. The young woman taking our order helped us switch and swap menu items so we could all get a taste of everything, including waffles, bacon and banana salted caramel french toast. The resort was small enough that the same ladies who ran the lunch spot at the beach club also ran the breakfast place at the resort. It was nice to make friends with them.

The Spanish moss just adds something special. It makes you FEEL like you're on vacation.