South Carolina Vacation: Day 1

Getting to Edisto Island, South Carolina was an easy, although long (12 hours), trip. We had great weather most of the way. We did run into foggy conditions in the mountains, but it did not affect the driving. It did make for some beautiful views. The fall folage was very pretty and we saw many miles of the turning leaves.

We left Trotwood around 6:30 AM and arrived at Edisto Island around 6:15 PM. Edisto Island is very isolated with very few people except for the visitors to the resort. You drive down miles of two lane roads with Spanish moss hanging from the trees. In some areas there are trees on both sides of the roads with overhanging branches. It looks like a tunnel from a distance. We probably drove over 20 miles without meeting a car or having a car behind us.

We decided to go to Beaufort, South Carolina today. The pictures and descriptions on the internet made it sound interesting and it was. To get an idea of what we saw, go to
http://www.beaufort-sc.com/history/bfttown/tour/walktour.htm for a virtual walking tour. We stopped at the visitors center when we got into Beaufort. Once an arsenal, this building was constructed in 1798 of brick and tabby. We left the visitors center and drove to an area where the restaurants were supposed to be. We walked along the river which was a beautiful walk, but we did not find a restaurant that we wanted to eat in. An individual was delivering visitors guides to the local businesses and we asked him where was a good place to get a fish dinner. He suggested a restaurant called Steamers which was on an island about 2 miles from where we were.

We visited the restaurant and had a meal that was very delicious. The special of the day was grouper—fried or grilled--, dirty rice and corn on the cob. We chose the grilled grouper and washed it down a draft beer. The grouper was grilled to perfection and the dirty rice was the best we have ever had. Linda told the waitress that she could just give her a plate of dirty rice and she would be happy. The tartar sauce was very good. Linda asked if it was homemade or bought. The waitress said it was made by the restaurant, not bought. She also said that there was a lady that worked for the restaurant who made the dirty rice and everyone who ate the rice said it was “the best ever”. We would agree with that.






We left the restaurant and went to Harbor Island visit a light house which was well worth the visit. However, the beach was another matter. There were a lot of trees on the beaches which was probably the result of the hurricane earlier this year.