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raven
We took a short trip over to Beaufort, South Carolina for Memorial Day. We arrived just as the Memorial Day event was starting at the National Cemetery but dogs are forbidden so we had to pass. I have read two books about St Helena Island, “The Gullah Mailman” and “Tales of the Barrier Islands of Beaufort County, South Carolina” by Pierre McGowan.
Mr. McGowan’s father was the mailman for the island in the 30’s and they are fascinating histories of the area. After the Civil War most of the white people left the island and the Gullah folks got the land. There is a wonderful film called “The Daughters of the Dust” by Julie Dash that was filmed there but is set on St Simons Island. There is strong resistance to the developers on the island with “No Gates, No Golf” signs peppered around the island. I don’t know if they are going to be successful because the barrier islands are beautiful and they are growing by leaps and bounds.
I went on a charter trip near Parris Island and the guide was despondent about the changes that are taking place and I understand why. This area is also where Pat Conroy grew up and many of his stories are of Beaufort and the surroundings.
I walked Artie over to the University of South Carolina, Beaufort at sunrise and got some nice shots.
We stumbled across this beach on Memorial Day and there were a few folks there. The next day it was deserted and I was able to fish and Garden Girl took Artie for a long hike! This shot is looking at “Hunting Island”.
Garden Girl went to get a chair and Artie was really worried!
Looking over Port Royale Sound from Ft Fremont.
Baud
When I saw the first picture, I thought you were going to tell us that’s where God told you to go free your people from bondage.
ETA: Artie is beautiful.
OzarkHillbilly
And a sweetie.
MazeDancer
Wonderful photos!
raven
@OzarkHillbilly:
@MazeDancer:
Thanks, it was a fun trip and I resisted putting fishing pictures up! I’ve already talked about Artie’s issues but we’re going to try a trainer this week and see if that can help. Fear is a bitch.
frosty
The sunrise pictures are beautiful. I hope they can win with “No gates, no golf.” There’s plenty of other places on the coast for that but not too many like the ones in your pictures.
LiminalOwl
Thank you for the lovely pictures, and the reminder about “Daughters if the Dust” (which I’ve been meaning for years to see). I’m not good at visualizing, so it’s great to have a better sense of Pat Conroy’s territory too.
And oh, Artie is precious!
JPL
Hunting Island is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your picture with us.
EarthWindFire
I hope No Gates, No Golf is successful. They already have that on Hilton Head. Your beautiful pictures gave me a moment of peace today. Thank you for posting.
Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg
The Beaufort National Cemetery is a beautiful place – both of my in-laws are buried there (my father-in-law was buried there just last month).
Dorothy A. Winsor
Lovely pics
raven
Dang, I got this book for $20 on Kindle, it’s $200 on Amazon!
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: The other day when I was putting fresh line on my reel Billie took off and hid upstairs. After I was done and put it up it took me a good 5 mins or more to coax her back downstairs. We’re thinking of consulting with a Doggie psychiatrist.
Geminid
@JPL: I camped at the state park on Hunting Island a few years ago. It was New Years Eve, and I was taking a slow coastal route from Atlanta back to Virginia. I remember the Island as a nice place but a little on the soggy side.
A friend camped at Edisto Island State Park and said it was a good place. Edisto Island is on the other side St. Helena Sound from Hunting Island, less than 20 miles away as the gull flies but 80 miles by road.
HinTN
@Geminid:
Ain’t that the truth. They don’t call it the Low Country for nothing. It’s beautiful and largely impassable.
@raven: Thanks for the pix. That first of sunrise is perfect.
WaterGirl
Lovely pics, raven. Thanks for sharing your trip with us! So beautiful. Crazy that the beach was empty.
pieceofpeace
Thanks for these! I always like viewing the areas of the country that are unknown to me. And what a great sunset shot!
Best of fortune with and for your pooch…
Chat Noir
Beautiful pictures! Artie is a total dolly dog.
Manyakitty
@LiminalOwl: ‘Daughters of the Dust’ is a fine example of magical realism. I was not prepared for that on my first viewing. FYI.
Manyakitty
Also, lovely pictures for easing into what promises to be another bonkers day.
Raven
@Geminid: We’ve gone to “Edislow” a number of times. It’s nice and you should always go to Botany Bay if you go there!
pieceofpeace
Oops – sunrise, sunset, sunRISE it is….(beachy sunny pics are setting in CA)
Geminid
@Raven: I hope to make it to Edisto some time. I usually do my beach camping up the coast at Huntington Beach State Park. It’s 20 miles south of Myrtle Beach, about 7 hours from my house.
The best beach campground I’ve stayed at is Fort Pickens, across the bay from Pensacola. That’s 4 1/2 hours beyond Atlanta though. A great place.
Pisgah Mountain Campground, on the Blue Ridge Parkway 25 miles west of Asheville, is just as nice but in a different way.
Steve in the ATL
@EarthWindFire: they do? Because I’ve played a lot of golf at Hilton Head.
cope
Lovely, evocative pictures to start my day, thanks. I love the sign.
raven
@Geminid: We’ve visited Ft Pickens. That’s where we learned that the white sand beaches are from quartz that came down from the Georgia mountains.
sab
Artie looks a lot like my Ponyo except Arties’s ears are in better shape (no chihuahua riders on them) and Ponyo has a lot more black around her eyes. Lopsided so it looks goofy instead of like well-applied eye makeup.
I love those seascape photos.
Spanish moss makes me think of chiggers.