Day Two

It's day two here in beautiful, not so sunny South Carolina. It's about 80 degrees and overcast, but the rain has held off for the most part. Amber and I were expecting rain the whole day so we visited Barefoot Landing and Broadway at the Beach; both places are full of shops, wildlife and fun. We went into a ton of shops, bought a few gifts and tasted some hot sauce (we'll get back to that in a minute).

At Barefoot Landing, which is much bigger than either of us expected, we ran into Del Sol which is a specialty shop where everything in the store changes color. How it works: take a t-shirt, nail polish, key chain, sunglasses, or anything else they sell and test it on the UV light stations set up around the store. It's so cool! In other words, your shirt or nail polish or whatever is white until you step into the sun. There's some chemical reaction and it gives color to the deisgn on your shirt or other item. It's AWESOME! Anyhow, I got myself a t-shirt and some suprises for a few other people.

We didn't see any alligators today, but we did see a lot of fish (I think Armageddon) and a lot of ducks. I even fed the fish because I felt bad for them. Believe it or not, fish are smart. They gather where the people are because they know the people will feed them. Yes, there are 'feeding stations' located around the boardwalk. You put in a quarter, get a handful of pebbles and throw them into the water. I took a short video that I'll try to post at some point.

Next we headed to Pepper Palace. I told Amber, "Hey why don't we stop here?" Yeah, bad idea. They have a sample bar where you can test all of their sauces, salsas and different types of cheese. As Amber went around to the cheese side, I decided to be brave and test the salsas. I started mild and most of them were pretty good. Then I went with the "XXX Death by Salsa." Again, bad idea. I took a chip and scooped a very small amount of salsa. As soon as I put the salsa in my mouth, I told Amber I had to go get a drink. I went outside, ran to the nearest soda place and told them I needed something to drink-anything! The lady behind the counter asked if I came from the sauce place and I said yup. My eyes were watering, my throat, nose, ears and chest were all burning. I took the lid off and threw the straw aside. I scooped my hand into the cup and ate all the ice. Amber laughed and asked why I didn't wait for her to take a picture.

Back to the hotel. We are finally in our double bed room (we had a King the first night). So we had to move all of our stuff, luckily not that far. Amber and I both caught a glimpse of an ad in the elevator and we might go to free Shag dance lessons tomorrow night. Apparently this is their state dance.

We don't have any plans for tonight, but I'm sure we'll get something to eat and either hit the boardwalk or find something else fun to do like minigolf. It's a little more wet outside right now then it was earlier, but there's still lots to do! Hopefully we'll hit the beach tomorrow. :)