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January 2001
South Carolina/Georgia - Low Country
David Aaronson2005-09-25 19:09:40
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In late 1999, Trout had his picture taken (poorly in most cases) at the Alabama, Florida and Georgia state lines. Now the 'Trout Across America' series continues with this much anticipated fourth installment. Unfortunately in his zeal, Trout knocked over the sign. Undaunted we present the horizontal version instead. Enjoy (1).
Later that day we arrived on Hunting Island, South Carolina which is about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Beaufort. There is a lovely campground at the state park there which was relatively uncrowded in mid-January. The tides are substantial on Hunting Island but at low tide there is quite a lot of beach to romp on.
Trout is relatively impartial to which beach we may be on as long as there are things to chase. Of course, things to chase really means sand and water so he's likely to be happy anywhere. Here is an exciting action shot of Melanie kicking sand at the dog (2). Trout is in three-legged prepare-to-pounce stance. Trout has never figured out that the entire beach is sand, not just the kicked part, but perhaps that is for the best. Later we took Trout on a couple miles of hiking trails which criss-cross the island.
That along with the night-time beach walk left Trout pretty tired. In fact, he never even woke up when a porcupine wandered past the tent making loud ruffling porcupine noises. The coastal area of South Carolina is the world center of an odd sub-culture. The Gullah language and culture originated with slaves brought to the United States to farm rice from Angola and Liberia. For some reason the Gullah language which developed has survived in small pockets amongst the islands and there is even a Gullah cultural center near Beaufort.
The biggest industry in the low country area of South Carolina is shrimping (3). Nearby Hilton Head claims to be the birthplace of the modern shrimping industry. If this looks like a scene from the
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