Folly Beach!

Who knew there was such a place!    It's the closest ocean access, an island, 30 minutes from Charleston.     That's where we have been these last two nights, getting organized to travel by car to Knoxville, TN.   We've subleased a man's boat slip here for two weeks.   So two days ago, we had to FIND it.  It's two and a half hours down a river toward the ocean from the Waterway.

The bar/restaurant over our marina is the hang out where locals come to watch the sunset each night.  We were there both nights, participating in the local ritual.

It turns out to be a really nice place.     A very tropical feeling place with a long beach with a county park at the end that I biked to and walked yesterday.

Below is an example of the settings of the houses along the river near the Waterway.  Most were under big drapey oak trees.

As we came toward the marina, we passed a couple of islands covered with birds, mostly pelicans

We had eaten all the fresh food aboard, so we HAD to go to a place in town for lunch.

When I walked around the county park at the end of the beach, I came to alongside the inlet where we might sail on out to the ocean when we come back.  We're told it's only 48 hours from here if we head straight to  Palm Beach.   I doubt we'll try that, but we may try something shorter, according to the weather at the time.

I thought that this is just the way these birds stand.  But when one tried to move, he hopped on one leg.   The other must be standing that way just in sympathy.

What is this?  Tom says it's the bottom of a type of crab.

Sunset last night.  Less dramatic, but more dreamy.  Kinda irridescent.

Still no food so we had blackened grouper bits and fish tacos after the sun went down.