Lakewood Morning Storm

This picture was taken just after dawn on the day we left Lakewood Campground. These storm clouds were rolling in as we were packing up to leave.

Paddle Boats

I took this picture of the rental paddle boats at Lakewood Campground while the spousal unit was finishing the laundry.

Old Beach Trucks

Some pictures of the old trucks at the Whales Nostalgia City shop in Surfside Beach.

The Green Beast

This purpose-built piece of hardware is the tea picker exclusively used at the Charleston Tea Plantation. It uses a combination of hedge clippers and high-speed blowers to collect the tea leaves.

This tractor left perfectly trimmed tea plants that reminded me of hedge rows in a garden.

Skywheel

Another faux-HDR, this one is the new Skywheel on the boardwalk in Myrtle Beach. It's a 200ft high ferris wheel thingy with enclosed gondolas.

The ride was rather anti-climactic, the view is great but it's so climate controlled that there's no noise, no vibrations, no squeaks, no rocking ... just kinda okay.

The Angel Oak

A faux-HDR of the Angel Oak on Johns Island.

The tree is a Southern Live oak and is supposedly the oldest tree east of the Mississippi - some estimates have it at nearly 1500 years old.

The tree is massive, it stands 65 ft tall, measures 28 ft in circumference, its longest limb is 105 feet in length. and shades an area of 17,000 square feet . Its widest crown spread point-to-point is 180 ft, which is longer than any other live oak in the country.

Kickin it with the Pig

This picture of a guy's purpose-built fishing buggy was taken on the Folly beach pier. I true southern fashion it was adorned with decals that express his personal tastes ... most excellent.

The one that caught my eye was the Piggly Wiggly sticker. I spent a few years working at 'the Pig' in Glade Spring back in my high school & college days, it was my first real job.

Target

I captured this seagull perched on the rail of the pier at folly beach, scoping out a new target for a dive-bombing run ... at least that's what I assumed it was doing.