Botany Bay is a gorgeous wildlife management area about 1 hour south of Charleston. It was private property that was donated to the state. The park has a beautiful tree lined drive and a 5 or 6 mile driving loop on the property. However, the highlight of the park is the beach - where shell and artifact collecting is strictly prohibited. The result is a spectacular collection of shells, 6-10 inches deep in places, that make the beach one of the finest in South Carolina. We took Jane there and she loved it. The walk to the beach is about 1/2 mile through salt marshes. There's great bird watching and thousands of fiddler crabs on the walk.
After exploring the beach for an hour or so we headed on towards Savannah. There was a nice arts festival down on the riverwalk and it was fun to browse through the stalls. We finished off the day with a drive through some of the rest Savannah's highlights (the public squares and parks) and headed home. It was a fun but tiring day!
The long entrance to the Botany Bay property is lined with live oaks.
Once inside the park, the pace is slow and you can enjoy the vivid green grass and the remains of old historical buildings and wells.
Fiddler crabs line the side of the path to the beach.
Steve and Jane reading about the salt marsh habitat.
Steve was explaining to Jane about how palm trees grow, and why the 'groomed' trees in the city look different from those in the wild.
Jane looking at shells on the beach.
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