CODA : Day II Visiting Brookgreen Gardens and Huntington Beach State Park
2 November 2024
Wacca Wache Marina, Waccamaw River, Wachesaw Landing, South Carolina
Start of the day at Brookgreen Gardens.
Search for the elusive Roseate Spoonbill at Huntington Beach State Park.
Marc- Nice start of the day with breakfast with our Vermont friends Craig and Donna Lewis. We returned to Brookgreen to see more sculptures and other art as well as incredible nature. Next we crossed over to Huntington Beach to search for wildlife and we found plenty.
Bust of a member of the Massachusetts 54th Infantry of freedmen (Civil War).
Bates College (Maine) memorial dog.
American Saint Francis.
Sancho Panza by Anna Huntington.
Tie dyed fabric to a new level.
Goldfish in three dimensional fabrics.
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Who is protecting whom?
An island full of alligators.
Sunbathing alligator (they are cold blooded).
Alligator out fishing.
Egrets fishing.
Ducks enjoying the duckweed.
Egret fishing.
Great blue heron just hanging out.
Roseate Spoonbill at a distance.
Roseate Spoonbill and a visitor ready to take his lunch.
Egret fishing hole.
Stork fishing.
Piping plovers hanging out at the beach (they are usually scurrying around for something to eat).
Sara Lou- More alligators today! Eek! Dad's totally chill about them, but I keep bugging him, "Stay on the path!!" when he goes off to take photos.
I think it's good for me in a way to be so aware of my surroundings, though. Back in my regular life in Montreal, I can totally space out and practically sleepwalk through the city. Here, I'm watching the ground for poisonous snakes and the shrubbery/waterside for my reptilian nemeses, so I'm more alert. And then I end up noticing the beauty more too.
We visited a castle built on a beach today. Dad pointed out that it's not a great idea to build a castle on a beach because sand's not sturdy. He pointed out lots of cracks in the walls.
There were signs in all the rooms telling us what they used to be-- the husband's study, the wife's art studio (she was Anna Hyatt Huntington, a world-famous sculptor; her specialty was animals), the servant's quarters...
Then, of course, we had to go get ice cream. Dad got chocolate and I got raspberry sorbet. And then we walked along the beach, where Dad fell in love with the sweet little piping plovers that skitter along the shore, poking around for lunch. Dad claims that they stopped for a moment to pose for a picture.
7.5 miles today!
I'm off to dinner! Toodloo!