South Carolina- Day 5- Edisto Beach State Park

 Randy and I rented bikes for the rest of the week.  It was raining this morning but we went out any way.  it is a warm rain so not so bad.  I loved seeing this pelican take off flight.

 Bake riding around Edisto Island.  I am really inthralled with the pelicans.  Look at them in flight, all in a row.

 The bikes we rented are Cruisers.  (I am missing my gears but there are no hills around here, so we are doing good.) We next headed to Edisto Beach State Park.  It was raining but we went anyway.

 These mushrooms almost grow while you are watching them.  the Park ranger said they just popped through the ground yesterday.

 On the trail by the swampy ground there were little crabs all over.  They scampered as we came by.  It almost looked like the ground was moving.

 We biked for almost 10 miles in the park on this wonderful trail.  It was raining but you did not feel it much because the trees covered the path most of the way.  It really was a great day for a bike ride.

 Some of the foliage in the park.

 This is one of 2 Indian mounds in the United States.  It is covered with lots of sea shells.  Who knows if that is what it really is.

 This is a river that one of the bike trails led to.

 The Environmental Conservation Center was at the end of our bike ride.  Mr. Bache was the first person to map the area in South Carolina.

We biked back to Edisto, through town, by the ocean  (it was windy and rough today) and then back to our Condo.  We did 15 miles on cruiser bikes with no gears: rainy windy weather; and 2 old people. It actually was a great bike ride.  Amazing what you do on vacation.

South Carolina- Day 4- Charleston, Magnolia Plantation

 It was a rainy, cloudy day. These are some pictures out the deck and front door of our condo.  Even though it is rainy and cloudy here it is beautiful

 We drove to Charleston to attend church in the Charleston Ward.  If you lived in Edistro you ward would be at least 1 hr and 15 minutes away.  We are blessed to have church so close.

 This is another Boiled peanut stand.  They are unique and all over.

 We went to the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.  It was so pretty.

 This is the magnolia flower in 2 stages of growth.

We saw a lot of spiders around the plantation.  They are big and venomous ones.  I found out that a venomous bite makes you sick and a poisonous bite kills you.

 We saw peacocks, mini-horses and donkeys.

 A large variety of flowers.  They said it is past the blooming season and so we did not see as many as there usually are.

 We went on the Garden Walk.

 We took the train ride around the plantation.  We went out to the mashes and saw lots of alligators.  This plantation use to raise rice.

 Next we did the Slavery to Freedom Tour.  There were original cabins still on the plantation.  This double cabin would have housed approximately 16 people.

 Next we got to tour the Main house.  Sculptured gardens, large covered decks, front door that faced the river and their special cat.  Some of the original tools used on the plantation.

This is the water front in downtown Charleston.

The Ashley River is right by Charleston, so a lot of things are names Ashley.  Here is a street for you Ashley.  

South Carolina- Day 3- Columbia

 We started our day by going to the update on our Wyndham.  We got a breakfast and a little video and we were on our way.

 We headed to Columbia, South Carolina.  There is so much green and lots of different things to see.

 We did a temple session at the Columbia South Carolina Temple.

 More pictures of the temple.

 We ate dinner at the Lizard's Thicket.  It was a great meal.

 Sights around Columbia.

 The University of South Carolina was right down town and such a beautiful campus.

 Some of the fun neighborhoods in downtown Columbia.

 This is the football stadium of the University of Carolina, the Gamecocks

Yard Art.  You have got to love yard art of a boat growing weeds and flowers.  

South Carolina- Day 2- Edisto Beach

 We took the shuttle back to the airport this morning, rented a car and then headed towards Edisto Beach.

 We crossed over the Ashley River.

 There were little road side stands selling boiled peanuts.  We stopped at this one and bought a bag of them.  The man pulled them right out of the boiling water and gave them to us.  They taste like a bean that has been boiled, really soft. Not bad but kind of different.

 We saw lots of interesting things on our drive from Charleston to Edisto Beach.  These are few pictures; an old tractor, a donkey, the bridge to Edisto Island, moss hanging from a lot of the trees.

 The houses were interesting along the way.  A trailer up on stilts and another large home right next door, tunnels over the roads made by trees, small post offices.

 There were lots of churches and every religion along the way.

 These are houses in Edisto Beach.  All of them are built on stilts.  To get insurance you have to build your house up high.

 We checked into our timeshare, Wynhdam Ocean Ridge at Bay Point.  We are on stilts also.

 We went to lunch at McConkey's and shopped at the only grocery store Bi-Lo.

 There are lots of Pelicans that are flying around.  They fly in a line one right after the other.  It is so pretty to see.

 We went out walking on the beach around sunset.  The sky was a little cloudy but the sunset was gorgeous.

 Things we saw along the beach.

 Edisto Beach has a sea turtle Project.  One of the volunteers was securing one of the turtle nest.  They help the turtles make it back out to the ocean after the eggs hatch.

 Edisto Beach and walking back along the road to our condo.

One of the homes on the beach, front and back view.  Beautiful.