HUNTING ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

See where we are in South Carolina....

https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wl  (oops....link may not work.  If not, and you are curious, look at the Beaufort SC area and Hunting Island is 25 miles East).

A great location....the entire Island is owned by the State of South Carolina and they do a great job keeping it pristine for both the public and campers....there is a public beach with a lighthouse and the campground has over 200 'woody' sites, all with water and electric but no sewer hookup; which is typical of State and National Parks.   We are located some 100 feet from a bath house which helps us to conserve water we put into our two holding tanks....thus minimizing the number of times we have to bring up the levelers, bring in the slides, unhook the water and electric and drive to the 'dump station' (we are in our 9th day and have not had to dump tanks yet!!).

Here is our campsite   

 

Note the hammock to the far left......yawn...!

 

 

Ali 'taking it easy' while staying on alert next to a Live Oak tree...like most dogs Ali is very attentive to her surroundings.
Here she is watching fellow campers wander by the front of our site....and if she is lucky they have some kind of dog in tow for her to sniff at from a distance and wonder about.  Live Oaks, by the way, are so named as unlike their Oak Tree cousins, they are evergreens.  Yup, they do not drop their leaves.   They are huge, in abundance in the South and here in the South Carolina Low Country is no exception.   They can have limbs that grow to 25 feet long, and they are fond of spreading out.  And when you have clusters of them they form gracious canopies over the walkways and roadways.   Majestic is a good word when thinking of Live Oaks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the right is a wonderful example of the Live Oak Tree....this is one of several along the Avenue of the Oaks...an access road to Fripp Point and some very lovely ocean front, southern low country beach houses. 
We have come across several of the canopies of Live Oaks in our exploring.....(try to overlook the pollen on the front of the Mini Cooper...we have washed the car multiple times but the warm temps have resulted in heavy pollen in the air most of the time).

 

 

 

 

The public side of the island is where           

the Hunting Island lighthouse is located.   Built in 1785

it is now open to the public for anyone who can manage the 175 steps on the spiral staircase to the top....and remember, you have to come back down!   (Pam says no...but I am game to go up before we leave).

 

 



 

Late afternoon on the beach brings interesting light and wispy clouds help

to add to the near end of a wonderful day....

 

 

 

 

And unless you are something of a "beach expert" (and even if you are)....the one below might give you a chuckle or two... so, do what we did....laugh and then google it...or simply come to your own conclusions.....ha ha.

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned for more from Hunting Island and the Lowcountry......

 

 

A pelican doing what he does (or maybe it's a she....)