| South Carolina Page 2 |
| Northerners think that all plantations look like something out of Gone With The Wind. They don't look anything like that, turns out. Some are still very nice, though. This is Magnolia Plantation. |
| Magnolia Plantation made rice, so a lot of it is swamp. The rest is woods, but they made a nice tour out of it. |
| Again, not what I expected from a plantation, but it still makes for a good photo. |
| Center, then slightly to the left. He's checking you out, man. |
| The stuff hanging from the trees is called Spanish Moss. Which is ironic since it is neither Spanish nor moss. It is not a parasite - it does not host off of the trees, but it lives off the sun and moisture in the air. It can choke and kill a tree due to overgrowth, however. |
| There's a bunch of wildlife running wild and free, including alligators and poisonous snakes. Luckily we had a peacock to protect us. |
| Myrtle Beach is basically Wildwood, NJ without the annoyance of New Jersey residents (those who frequent the Jersey Shore know exactly what I mean), so we did not take a lot of pictures. However, the view from our hotel room was stunning - right on the beachfront, up on the 5th floor, and with a balcony. I could have stayed there all week on the balcony, just watching the ocean and people walking around. |
| The miracle is not that I got in, but how I managed to get back out. |
| And for those of you familiar with our vacations, the boys had a lovely time as well. |