Yesterday was the first day of the annual Heritage Golf Tournament. Ray and I traditionally get tickets, and went up on the first day – just to scope it all out to see what would be there, check out the merchandise tent, have some lunch, and take photos. Cameras are only permitted prior to the actual beginning of the tournament on Thusday, so yesterday and Wednesday are my only chances. (I am not going up today). Not much was happening at the tournament itself, so most of my photos were of Harbourtown, as one walks through this “tourist town” to get to the Harbourtown clubhouse, where one enters the tournament. There are lots of shops, the harbor is full of yachts, the Harbourtown Lighthouse stands above, and of course condos surround it all. So – today’s photo will be from our walk to the tournament. I hope that I get photos inside the tournament on Wednesday.
365 photo #100 – the marina with the Harbourtown Lighthouse in the background
Bonus photos – all photos can be clicked to see them larger in Flickr:
1. colorful shops line the marina
1. Pa-li-ne – yacht – probably the largest yacht moored there. For some reason I’ve gotten a lot of hits on this blog using the search word “Pa-li-ne Hilton Head” – so this yacht has some kind of interest – though I am clueless as to why! I know nothing about it, except that it’s huge!
2. The Harbourtown Golf Links clubhouse — where you enter the tournament
The condos which surround the marina
Today Ray went up to the tournament to work at the Rotary concession booth, so I decided to stay home. Today’s photo is an alligator in our lagoon. As I was going outside to check on the Great Blue Heron nest, I heard this splash not too far from me — a young alligator (he’s not all that long) splashed back into the lagoon from where he was sunning on the bank. Alligators are to be taken very seriously. Yet — they have just as much fear of us as we do of them. He could sense my movements – even from the distance I was – and moved away.
365 photo #101
It looks like a beautiful day. I wonder if people checking out the Pa-li-ne yacht reference is because people think it may have something to do with Palin?!
I did a little googling on pa-li-ne yacht and it may be a yacht that you can charter. Ray pronounced it “pay line” so it makes sense – and makes sense why people would be googling the name. I’m clueless other than that. I doubt it’s Palin because of the way it’s spelled with the hyphens. However, I remember two years ago when I was taking a picture of that yacht and some stranger came up to me and said, take off the “e” at the end and what do you have, “Palin”. So – maybe. There’s some wealth there, that’s for sure.
It was a gorgeous day – - and it promises to be pretty all week!