HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK, SC

Visitor Center/Rest Area at South Carolina border. So many snowbirds are now 'migrating' back North that they fill up the rest areas. Some car drivers have learned they can go park in the truck parking more easily. Linda just wanted to kill them.

South Carolina school buses. The state operates the school buses for all public schools. We thought that was unusual so we did some research. In school year 2011 the fleet of 5630 buses traveled nearly 81 million miles to transport 647,000 students daily. 

This was such a good idea! We thought it would be fun to see a place that you recommended so highly. It was a wonderful stop.

Entrance road to Hunting Island SP.

Our loop.

Site #126.

Almost everyone in the wooded sites had hammocks. They even sold them in the park store - for $69.99!

The beach was selected as the 7th best beach in the U.S. by Tripadvisor. Five of the higher ranking ones are in Hawaii'. Reviews.

Hunting Island Light.

Northern Cardinal on our picnic table.

Sergeant White's Diner in Beaufort (byoo-furt), SC.

Among his patrons are marines from the Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station.

Linda was almost in tears at having real Southern cooking. Cornbread, okra gumbo, collards and pulled pork. She also stole Carole's bun and put the pulled pork on it.

Beaufort National Cemetery. Originally for burial of soldiers who died in nearby Union hospitals during the occupation of the area in the Civil War and reinterment of those who died in the region.

Huge old dogwood tree draped with Spanish Moss.

This was to be our last Publix Market. A chain primarily in Florida, we have grown to depend on it. They carry good food and go the extra step to insure it. One day we saw an employee opening clamshell strawberries and going through the berries, discarding the bad ones and refilling with good berries. In one store, when Linda asked to taste the strawberries, the produce man went to the back and returned with four washed strawberries, cut in half, on a tray with a paper towel under them. Publix consistently ranks in the top three supermarkets in the U.S. and one of the best companies to work for. We can see why.

Publix carries a wide variety of everything. Those are aloe leaves on the right.