April 5

Everywhere we go, people ask us if we rescued Maxie from a shelter. I guess he is too ugly of a mutt to have been bred.

We started out the day with the intention that Omar would put in some studying time while Ha My and Maxie take a walk on the beach. However, the doggie refused to walk when he realized that Omar wasn't following. That didn't stop him from peeing on a sand castle that two little kids were building, though. In the end, to pacify the pooch, we all sat on a beach blanket and read while he plopped his paw directly down on Ha My's book.

Today it was a little cooler in Hilton Head, so we headed to Savannah, GA. Ha My thought it was a lovely little town with little cobble stone, tree-lined streets. Omar thought it looked like a museum town: even the cathedral resembled a toy model. Maxie took full advantage and peed his way all over yet another state down the eastern coast. Lunch, courtesy of Hannah's Southern Cafe, was a delicious smorgasbord of smothered shrimps, corn bread, mac n cheese, sweet potato, and stuffing. We all walked around some more after lunch to try and ward off the itis, when suddenly, a funny little man approached us. He was very talkative, carried a plastic bag like a hobo, claimed to be a former hair-dresser and chef-to-be, and reeked of the sauce. But he was kind enough to take our photo as long as we said "Shitakke!" instead of "Cheese!!"

On the way back, we stopped at Adventure Cove to play skee-ball, air hockey and shoot hoops. In the end, we won 178 tickets and traded it in for a fake nerf-ball. We also learned today that down here, "plantation" is code name for a gated community.

Now we just learned that it is only 30 degrees or so in New York, which makes our day that much better!