Blogs from Pawleys Island, South Carolina, United States, North America

The summer is nearing a close over here in North Carolina, and the kids had their first day back to school today! They are in the two-year-old class and the four-year-old class at the local preschool and they love it! Yet, before we went back to school and officially welcomed in the fall season, we were able to squeeze in one last beach trip as a family! We are fortunate to have a close family friend who owns a condo at the beach. While we are used to traveling to south Myrtle Beach for our family coastal getaways, we were invited this time to go with them to nearby Litchfield Beach. This is near Pawley’s Island, on the south part of the South Carolina shore. I had been to Pawley’s Island about 20 years ago, when ... read more

Brookgreen Gardens, 1931 Brookgreen Drive, Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, has been on our “to visit” list for years. We landed there on a lovely, blue sky Saturday in late October. We used our senior citizen and AAA discounts and paid $22 at the gate. Our ticket is good for seven days and truth be told, if we were staying nearby, we would have come back several times. With our time constraints (wanted to set up camp near Savanah by sunset) we focused on the sculpture. We met our very pleasant and well-informed docent by one of the many statues of the goddess, Diana, for a one hour tour that exceeded expectations. Brookgreen was founded in 1931 by the Huntington family. She, a sculptor; he, a poet, philanthropist, scholar of all things Hispanic, and heir ... read more