Monday, October 11, it's time to leave Charleston. Since Savannah is only about 2 hours away, we decided to make a couple more island hops. Our first stop was Folly Beach on (oddly enough) Folly Island. As usual, you have to pay for parking at beach access, but I did find out that money collected from this is what keeps the beaches so nice and clean. There was a sign telling us that a short 1/2 mile walk gave us a great view of the Morris Island Lighthouse. Even Mike agreed that was a very long half mile - but well worth it in the end. As we had discovered farther north, the water was comfortably warm. There are also warnings along the beach that there are dangerous currents, and they advise very strongly not to swim in the water. There was also a bit of a breakwater along part of the beach where it was a safer walk in the surf.
The story about the Morris Island Lighthouse is very interesting - the internet goes into quite a bit of detail on the history of this. At one time, there were plans to destroy the lighthouse. It is now privately owned and plans are in place to restore and preserve it.
After our little walk to the beach, we drove to the Charleston Tea Plantation. This is the only tea plantation in America, it is located on Wadmalaw Island in South Carolina's Lowcountry. As we drove onto the plantation, we noticed row upon row of well-trimmed hedges - these were actually the tea plants.The machinery that cuts the tea is the only one like it in America! While the plantation was purchased by the Bigelow Co in 2003, the integrity of the product created by the original owners has been maintained. I can't wait to brew some of the tea I purchased when I get home - I may even share some with my family - maybe!
Due to our little side trips, we arrived in Savannah a little late in the day. Tomorrow I'll try to catch up with today's events - we were on a boat to see bottle-nosed dolphins - awesome!
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