First stop: Summerville, SC, the official birthplace of Sweet Tea.

What is interesting to note is that we could not find a restaurant in Summerville that claimed the best sweet tea — in fact, the lady at the visitor center recommended McDonald’s as having really good sweet tea. Sold!

Summerville’s Azalea Park

We took in Summerville’s Walking Tour of Homes and Flowers and enjoyed more great architecture like this Victorian in the Queen Anne style. The current family has occupied this house for almost 100 years.

From Summerville, we visited the Frampton Plantation. This farmhouse was built in 1868.

Lisa enjoys her rocking chair and the view of the live oak from the porch.

Next up: a self-guided walking tour of the historic old town of Bluffton…

Church of the Cross, 1857.

Bluffton public boat dock. A huge rain storm pounds the earth in the distance

May River

Our last stop was to Hilton Head Island. We drove around checking out the expensive vacation homes and ended up at this public beach.

Coligny Beach

Definitely a great place for families to play and enjoy nature! We were pretty happy that the ocean breeze cooled us down from all the sticky heat.