Beaufort, South Carolina

We had a full day today. Up at 6:15, on the road at 7:15 for a bike tour of beautiful downtown Beaufort, SC. There is more money in this town than our beloved Beaufort, NC: bigger houses, and more of them, but not as many boats or docks. The live oak and Spanish moss give it a magical feel. We saw the house and the green where they filmed the tag football scene in The Big Chill. We saw plenty of evidence of social stratification (like this house for sale), which made me think of the South Course with Earl and Angie.

After a huge breakfast, we biked to the Penn Center, where freed slaves were educated by Northern missionaries, and we learned a little about the Gullah language. Then we biked about 25 miles to Hunting Island State Park, truly the most beautiful state park any of us had ever seen. After lunch, Bill put his toes in the ocean but at 66 degrees, it was too cold even for him.


Then we took a 2 hour eco-kayak tour of a salt marsh lagoon, complete with a hike over to the beach where there was serious erosion. At 5:00 we were all pooped and shuttled back to the Inn, where we swapped stories at Happy Hour and then headed off to a light dinner on our own. Watching the NCAA right now. Go Butler!