Beachfront by our house

Here's a video scan of the beachfront by our house on May 31, 2006. We spent this past week down at the house and had a wonderful time. The weather was beautiful. It was in the mid-80s all week. You can hear the breeze blowing in the video.

George & Pink vegetable stand

This place is legendary on Edisto Island. It is basically a shack in the woods, located about a half mile down a dirt road (Eddingsville Beach Road) through a swamp.

George & Pink sells fruit, veggies, and also have the absolute best boiled peanuts on the planet. There are always chickens and other animals roaming around. It's quite a place. If you go to Edisto, George & Pink is an absolute requirement to complete the Edisto experience.

Here's a short video showing Eddingville Beach Road. I told you it was a dirt road through the swamp, didn't I? Well, I wasn't kidding. It's like going back in time.

Click here to listen to a public radio segment about George & Pink.

The bridge to Edisto - new & old

Sometime during the early 90s, a new bridge was built from the mainland onto Edisto Island.

The old bridge is gone, but many still remember it fondly. I did cross that old bridge a few times as a child, but unfortunately have no memory of it. As I understand, the old bridge was taken out to sea and dropped into the ocean to create an artificial reef. I'm sure it's surrounded with marine life now. Here's a picture of the old bridge before it was taken down (pic courtesy of Mike Bailey of www.edistomemories.com):

All that's left of the old bridge now is just a part of the original road on pilings:

Pelicans

Pelicans are plentiful at Edisto. Sometimes they dive into the water when going after fish. Sometimes they just sit there. Most of the time, however, they are flying from one place to another, usually in formation.

Sandcastles and digging holes on the beach

For children, there is just something about making a big mound of sand, or digging a giant hole on the beach. If you dig hole big enough, someone will inevitably make a comment about digging all the way to China. Here are a couple of the remains of the digging and building projects of some children (or maybe some adults?) this past week. The picture really doesn't do that hole justice...it is deeper than it looks here.

The Pink House

There is a beachfront house a few blocks away from our house that has a book written about it. The book is entitled, appropriately enough, The Pink House, and is written by Kate Salley Palmer. The book tells the story of a family's day at Edisto Beach. We enjoy reading The Pink House to our children because they like to the hear the story about something that they know and can relate to. Kate Salley Palmer has also written several other books about the Palmetto State.

Here's the cover of the book, followed by a picture of the actual house.

Our state flag is very popular

You will see it many times in many different places. The South Carolina state flag is a very popular symbol that is used on hats, shirts, bumper stickers and numerous other places. The flag shown above is flown proudly by an Edisto vacationer staying in a beachfront house on Point Street this past week. Below you will see a visor that I own that ties in the SC state flag theme. Note the use of the Palmetto tree in lieu of the letter "t" and the crescent moon dotting the "i".