Edisto & Kiawah Islands

Spent the morning on the beach.  Nice breeze kept it from getting hot.  The beach is narrow here.  The sand is darker and a bit more course than the white fine sand of the Gulf Coast.  But typical of the Carolinas.

In the afternoon, we drove over to Kiawah to see our friends Susan & Trey.  Nice drive through the Lowcountry.  It is only 12 miles from Edisto as the crow flies, but 53 miles by car!  The rivers, marshes, estuaries cut through most of the area in this part of South Carolina.  A shortage of bridges makes travel from one beach to another a matter of driving inland before one can find a bridge across to the next peninsula or island.  We enjoyed our visit and dinner overlooking a gulf coast with the Atlantic Ocean right behind the green.  Really pretty place!

Love the swirling fronds of this Palm adjacent to our rental.

Good Morning Monday!

Headed out to to the beach this morning.  It feels much cooler than yesterday!  After lunch, the plan is to head to Johns Island, north of here to visit the Ravenel Caw Caw Interpretive Center and to visit with our friends Susan and Trey near Kiawah.  Should be a great day!

Beach Walk

Had a great time at the beach today!  Went for a walk on the beach with Pam and Chris.  Took some shots along the way.  Came back to the house for lunch.  Hit the Piggly Wig for necessities like real beer (Palmetto Amber).  Picked up some shrimp for salad tomorrow.  Enjoyed an awesome seafood dinner at The Dockside Restaurant.

Chris Walking

Loved the colors

Dune Fencing

Looking For Buried Treasure

Fisherman

Classic Castle

Neat House

Really cool Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Man is it Hot & Humid!

It is 12:30 am and 86.6F.  That's not a bad temperature.  But couple that with really high humidity yields a heat index of 100F!  We just came back from a walk on the beach, dripping with sweat...  Sorry for that visual!

Anyway, the beach is nice.  Lots of nice beach homes that are not palaces.  Many older places with tons of character mixed in with newer designs that look great to live in.  Lots of windows, porches, decks.

Lots of families here today.  I assume that will change on Tuesday.  But really not that many people.

I bought Yuengling Light by accident 8^(  We're going to have to hit the Piggly Wiggly for some real beer!

Besides the beach, we will be taking a few tours I mapped out of the nearby areas of the island.

We made it! Alive too!

We made it to Edisto Island in about 8 hours.  It as a long day!  Thanks to our son Chris for driving the second half of the 450 miles south from Richmond.  After unpacking the car, we could barely move.  But I managed to grab a couple of snapshots from the deck of our rental.

Where is Edisto Island?

It is located south of Charleston and north of Savanna.  Here is a regional map to show Edisto's location compared with other popular beaches in the region.

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Our Next Adventure: Edisto Island, SC!

Our next adventure takes to Edisto Island, exploring the region known as the Lowcountry of South Carolina.  We'll be in the area for a week.  I hope to post daily updates and photographs of what we see.

Here is a map showing the general location of Edisto Island versus our home here in metropolitan Midlothian, Virginia:

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