We made it to SC! Another state park (Hunting Island) which makes 2 in a row. This is something we hadn't done before. The park is right on the ocean which means lots of walks on the beach for us and the dog. The big thing to do here is to ride your bike on the beach during low tide. The moon was full during this time which meant the high tides were at their peak as well as the low tides. There was a 7-8 foot difference. Quite interesting to watch on the beach as well in the salt marshes. This is truly "low country".
Hilton Head was down the road to the South and Beaufort to the North. This series of islands was very interesting. Beaufort was a huge slave trading area, as was Fernandina Beach just over the Florida line. The agricultural crops in Beaufort were indigo, cotton and rice which made the owners very wealthy. They built homes along the river in Beaufort as their summer home to escape the heat on the plantation. Slaves came with them and is a lot of cases were housed on the first floor of the home. Because Sherman bypassed this area, the town looks almost the same as it did during the civil war.
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