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"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" The Road to Charleston, SC, Part I: Pawleys Island
On August 18, 2010, I traveled to Charleston, S.C., with a side-trip to Pawleys Island. The purpose for my sojourn down the South Carolina Coast was to see a few high points along these low lands, and make quite a few images of such. This treatise in pictures is this first installment of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
The seaside community of Pawleys Island was first settled in the early eighteenth century by wealthy planters who south to escape the oppressive heat and the rampant malaria that existed in the humid Coastal Plain of northeastern South Carolina. The prevailing wind off the Atlantic Ocean brought a relative cooling breeze, while keeping the pesky mosquitoes at bay, whose sheer numbers and appetite for blood are legendary.
The wise planters would move their families, their essential servants, some livestock - just about any mammal that was loved or of some use - to this sandy isle until after the first frost, usually in November, and then they would return to their respective plantations.
The grassy savanna, which has long protected the back door of this long exclusive community, has provided a safe harbor for small sea-craft, as well as abundant delicacy of oysters.
While the grassy savanna of salt marsh provided a safe harbor, and restricted access to those that were not welcome, it also provided a haven for wildlife and a nursery for future seafood: Above and below.
Click here for an enlarged view of northeastern South Carolina.
Pawleys Island, while known as one of the oldest seaside resorts in the United States, has a limited Historic District, while 12 structures still remain. Here above is the Pelican Inn, which was built by Plowden Weston in 1858.
The granite boulders that are used to construct this jetty, which keeps this beach nourished, and also provides the foundation to sustain lower echelon sea critters - mostly mollusks: Above and below.
The most southern extremities of Pawleys Island, which is 4 miles long, is the location of their most natural, undeveloped beach. Here we see the parking lot that afforded one plenty of space for parking ... even in the dead of Summer: Above. The salt marsh of the previous images is fed by this natural inlet, which abuts the southeastern shore of the island: Below.
Across the inlet stream that borders this southeastern strip of Pawleys Island acts a kind buffer to the fine homes that are constructed along the shore of this tract of South Carolina's mainland: Above and below.
The inlet stream that separates the South Carolina mainland from Pawleys Island provides the flesh salty water that nourishes the marshy savanna, and its wildlife, then remarkably gives way to the seaside homes that is the high priced real estate of the South Carolina lowlands: Above and then below.
The exploration of the watery sands, and the socialization in the environs that may be our species favorite, and most natural locale: Above and below.
Where there is sandy beach and salty spray, there will always be children - mostly in groups - as they build memories and more: Above and below.
Do you remember these long, sunburned, carefree days? I do, and often a smile will cross my face as I think back on the those fun-drenched times: Above and below.
The young move quickly to find their fun. The elderly move to remember their younger days, where the beach was once just one big natural toy for them as well: Above and then below.
Some folks will use any excuse to enjoy the company of others, while others just want to remain alone. The beach is many things to many people, and we all will find our place amidst such natural splendor: Above and then below.
Secluded, and somewhat exclusive, Pawleys Island is truly a place of great natural beauty on any fine Summer's day.
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The seaside community of Pawleys Island was first settled in the early eighteenth century by wealthy planters who south to escape the oppressive heat and the rampant malaria that existed in the humid Coastal Plain of northeastern South Carolina. The prevailing wind off the Atlantic Ocean brought a relative cooling breeze, while keeping the pesky mosquitoes at bay, whose sheer numbers and appetite for blood are legendary.
The wise planters would move their families, their essential servants, some livestock - just about any mammal that was loved or of some use - to this sandy isle until after the first frost, usually in November, and then they would return to their respective plantations.
The grassy savanna, which has long protected the back door of this long exclusive community, has provided a safe harbor for small sea-craft, as well as abundant delicacy of oysters.
While the grassy savanna of salt marsh provided a safe harbor, and restricted access to those that were not welcome, it also provided a haven for wildlife and a nursery for future seafood: Above and below.
Click here for an enlarged view of northeastern South Carolina.
Pawleys Island, while known as one of the oldest seaside resorts in the United States, has a limited Historic District, while 12 structures still remain. Here above is the Pelican Inn, which was built by Plowden Weston in 1858.
The granite boulders that are used to construct this jetty, which keeps this beach nourished, and also provides the foundation to sustain lower echelon sea critters - mostly mollusks: Above and below.
The most southern extremities of Pawleys Island, which is 4 miles long, is the location of their most natural, undeveloped beach. Here we see the parking lot that afforded one plenty of space for parking ... even in the dead of Summer: Above. The salt marsh of the previous images is fed by this natural inlet, which abuts the southeastern shore of the island: Below.
Across the inlet stream that borders this southeastern strip of Pawleys Island acts a kind buffer to the fine homes that are constructed along the shore of this tract of South Carolina's mainland: Above and below.
The inlet stream that separates the South Carolina mainland from Pawleys Island provides the flesh salty water that nourishes the marshy savanna, and its wildlife, then remarkably gives way to the seaside homes that is the high priced real estate of the South Carolina lowlands: Above and then below.
The exploration of the watery sands, and the socialization in the environs that may be our species favorite, and most natural locale: Above and below.
Where there is sandy beach and salty spray, there will always be children - mostly in groups - as they build memories and more: Above and below.
Do you remember these long, sunburned, carefree days? I do, and often a smile will cross my face as I think back on the those fun-drenched times: Above and below.
The young move quickly to find their fun. The elderly move to remember their younger days, where the beach was once just one big natural toy for them as well: Above and then below.
Some folks will use any excuse to enjoy the company of others, while others just want to remain alone. The beach is many things to many people, and we all will find our place amidst such natural splendor: Above and then below.
Secluded, and somewhat exclusive, Pawleys Island is truly a place of great natural beauty on any fine Summer's day.
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