GEORGIA WILL ALWAYS BE ON MY MIND

Beloved Marshes

Welcoming Porches

Morning Strolls

View From the Lady

The time we spent in Georgia will always be a special time in my heart. I can't explain why, except for the beauty of the marshes and the oak trees that literally drip with moss. It was ,however, time to move northward to South Carolina.

On July 27, we motored our way to Skull Creek Marina , the first of Hilton Head Island's seven major marinas. It was a quite, very nice marina in which to spend our first night in South Carolina. The next day we made our way to the beautiful town of Beaufort, SC. The folks there like it when you remind everyone that their Beaufort is pronounced (BEW)fort unlike Beaufort, NC. Beaufort, SC is known as the Queen of the Carolina sea islands and it is well deserved. We throughly enjoyed our time there, staying at the Downtown Marina until Aug. 9. We spent a lot of time touring Penn Center, Parris Island and learning all about the rich Gullah culture. Our next stop was the very pleasant Bohicket Marina and Yacht Club, nestled on Bohicket creek between the resorts of Kiawah and Seabrook Islands. This was only meant to be an overnight stop, however, so we made our way up the intercoastal to Charleston, SC, the place "where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet to form the Atlantic Ocean".