Edisto Beach, SC

Our spring migration north has begun in earnest. Our travels start with diesel prices around $2.70 per gallon. I expect it will get much higher before long.

Our first stop is Edisto Beach State Park, located on South Carolina's largest sea island, about 40 miles south of Charleston. This park has 2 camping areas, one in the live oak trees adjacent to the marshes, and the other, where we were lucky enough to get, adjacent to the beach.


The Edisto beach is much like Jekyll or Cumberland, long and beautiful, but because it's close to a city, there were lost more people enjoying the beach. There is a town here, too, a real resort village. Lots of houses on stilts, a golf course.

We thought the park was full, but when we checked later last weekend we found sites available. They're not cheap: $26/night. And they are all sandy down here, sand tracking into the house everytime we go into it.


Thumper liked the water, but didn't like the waves. While she's been in the ocean in several places, I don't think she's been on a beach with waves. She'd run into the water, then turn tail and run back up the beach as a wave came in. She seemed to think we were doing it to her, because she didn't want to go in again.





The beach flowers were out here, too. I'll have to do some research to find out what these are called.