Beaches and Charles Towne

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Geo: 32.7812, -79.9316

Today, there was no evidence of subtropical storm Beryl, so we put our
suits on again and headed out to Folly Beach first thing. It was a
great plan as we found a perfect parking spot on the street (free!) that
was right by public beach access. When we got to the beach, we could
see that Beryl was helping to generate some giant waves and a lot of
wind. We plopped our towels down in the sand, sat down and promptly had
sand all over. The wind was just whipping that dry sand and it was
pretty painful. Finally, we just walked along the water and watched the
kids playing close to the edge of the waves and the surfers trying to
stand up and the dogs enjoying the beach. We got our clothes, changed
and walked out on the pier. Lots of people fishing, but no one caught
anything while we were up there. The sign mentioned shark fishing and
that would have been neat to see!

After the beach, we headed to Charles Towne Landing. This is a state
park that replicates the original village of Charles Towne. It was
quite warm so we only walked as far as the Animal Forest. There are
shore birds, otters, puma, bear, deer, bobcat, bison and turkeys. The
air was cool walking in the Forest, but not so much when you got back
out into the sun. We skipped doing anything else for the day and spent
the afternoon sitting by the pool. But that's what vacation is for!

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