Make Time: 79

I shot a 79 yesterday at Robert Trent Jones Oceanfront Golf Course!!! Best round of my life :) Yes, I realize this is not that exciting for most people reading this, but for me it's a big deal. Had to get that detail out of the way first, even though I started my time in Hilton Head Island (HHI) at a fantastic lunch spot called the Sea Shack, where I had a phenomenal shrimp burger (my first ever - pic below). Just as I walked into the Sea Shack the skies opened and there was a 30-minute intense rain storm. Fun to see such a huge downpour, especially when I was eating a great lunch inside. Nice people. Everyone loves hearing that I'm driving the US, and they love it even more that I chose their spot to stop. I get some special treatment and some free food here and there - always fun. So I finish up eating and it's now stopped raining, so I drive out and head to the Harbour Town Lighthouse, which is a fixture on HHI. Beautiful! The boats in the harbor nearby are unreal. Fun to look at all of them. Wait. What the hell is that? Is that a snake? Nah - too many ridges in its back, and it's got two eyes popped out of the water looking around. No way!!! That's a mini-alligator. Wow. I watch it for a while and some others come to watch with me. Everyone is surprised to see the alligator in salt water because they are fresh water animals. I watch for a bit and then make my way back to the car and then over to the golf course, where my buddy Tony meets me. I met Tony about 8 years ago when I was traveling to Atlanta for work a bunch. Funny. Sincere. Hard working. Always laughing. It's so easy to be around Tony, and we pick up exactly where we left off a few years ago, when we last saw one another. We had so much fun laughing and catching up that I wasn't thinking about my golf game…always best for me to play my best. After golf we headed back towards Tony's house just outside HHI, and we grabbed some grub at a local restaurant before calling it a night on the early-side. Tony has a fantastic house in a private community, and it was nice to crash there for the night. I woke up today around 6am with the family, and got to meet Tony's little boy Greyson - so cute. His wife Morgan was up and hanging out as well, and she could't be nicer. We caught up and they gave me a great recommendation for a breakfast spot in Savannah, where I've been since I got here: Back In The Day Bakery. I'm about to get on my bike and ride around town to check it out - always my favorite way to see a place. Off to Atlanta later today to meet up with my friend Leila for some paddle boarding. Good times here in the South!