Shopping for girls, guns for boys

Again, Bernie & I split up for the day. One of the "must do" things for Bernie was Airsoft, a war simulation game, so he went off with Andrew for a day of playing soldier. I'll let him take over the blog to explain it later....

The girls & I stayed at the hotel, unpacking and making it homely. Because its an extended stay hotel, room service is done fortnightly, so it was up to me to make the beds and tidy up. I also did the washing, put away the kitchen stuff provided by Doc and generally tidied up.

Then at about 3.30, Andrews girlfriend Esther came to pick us up to go shopping. We went to Sandhills, a sprawling shopping complex. I saw sprawling - take Harbourtown, double it, split it into groups of about 10 shops and place it all around a huge site triple the size of Marion. The shops were awesome, ranging from bargain to high end. We all bought shoes, clothes and jewellery. A little bit of everything. 

Then we went grocery shopping, and OMG. I kept being told America was cheaper for food and this I can agree on! Coffee, usually about $6 at home was $4.50, lean cuisine meals are $2.30, and a pound of cherries $2.99. Bananas are $0.69 a pound. And the added bonus of alcohol in the supermarket. I bought a 6 pack of apple ciders for $7.99.

Got back to the hotel about 8.30 and make a quick stir fry for dinner, watched some TV and went to bed. Not too much to blog, on my side of things, but it was nice to have a relaxing day just wandering around and taking it easy. Plenty of see & do days coming up, so nice to just chillax a bit and see more of this stunning place. 

South Carolina is a nice mix of city and rural living side by side. Where we are in Lexington, is all forestry and lots of greenery (or as its known in our family, leafy green). I could seriously live here! I've been house hunting here for about 18 months, as you can get a 4 bedroom house for around $150,000. A brand new 2 story place will set you back about $170k, and they are on big size blocks, so plenty of backyard. Try getting that in Adelaide!!!

So now I pass the blog to Bernie to add his Airsoft adventures......

Airsoft for the most part is a truly American game lol (tho originated in Japan) it's about as realistic as it can possibly get without using live ammo. Full size realistic weapons of every description ever made that CANNOT be differentiated from the real thing (hence highly illegal in Australia) that fire small pellets in place of bullets with an effective range around 300 metres and a hitting power that makes you think twice about playing Rambo. From an ex grunt point of view I fell in love with it. I used to like paintball but after this don't think I would ever bother again. Ahhhh sniper rifles, machine guns, assault rifles, mines, grenades, trip wires and acres of Carolina swamp to get down and dirty on a fully tactical level. Only had about 25 aside today cause it was a bit hot for some of the poor buggers so would love a chance to play one of their games involving hundreds and judging by the compliments received I've still got the skills lol. They now know when an Aussie's on the field! Oi oi oi  :)