Hunting Island, SC is one of the barrier islands near Beaufort, SC. Hunting is owned and operated as a State Park campground by the State of South Carolina. There are 200+ campsites....all of which are near the water and a few ON the water. A great place indeed, and we are here until February 6.
We arrived last Friday the 11th and got settled in.....we were enjoying the park and the 4 miles of beautiful beach....when on Monday morning I heard a loud crash in the bathroom area of the motorhome. I ran in there quickly to find Pam lying at an odd angle on the floor in a pool of her own blood....she apparently had fainted away and banged her head on the rim of the shower on the way down. I hollered for 911 emergency help while I held a face cloth to the gash on her head. Emergency people arrived no more than 15 minutes later....a testimony since Hunting Island is some 25 miles from Beaufort....and Pam was whisked off to the Beaufort hospital, where she spent two days going through all kinds of tests. The tests having been inconclusive, Pam was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon and is now back in the camper tending to all her bumps and bruises that resulted from the fall. The gash in her head took 5 stitches to mend, she has several black and blue areas that hurt, and she is wearing a portable heart monitor for the next two weeks for further evaluation.
While she is mending we hope to spend a bit of time on the warmer days at the beach and will use the less favorable weather days to tend to things like laundry, cleaning up the motorhome and seeing some sights. She will obviously play more of a passive role until she heals up.....lots of reading is on the agenda as well. I hope to use some free time to update the blog with some photos here at Hunting Island.....which is simply a slice of heaven here in southeast SC. One last note is to pay tribute to the campers here and the park rangers, all of whom have been very helpful. One couple took Ali for the rest of the day when the accident happened.....another kept an eye on the camper....others inquired about Pam's health at every turn, and one couple is having us over for dinner tonight at their campsite. Just great folks....as is typical in the camping community.
So....stay tuned for more POSITIVE reports on our time here at Hunting Island and the gorgeous city of Beaufort and its surrounding areas.....not to mention lots of photos.
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