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| Pawleys Island Beach looking South |
The
beaches in South Carolina
are phenomenal! I actually go swimming in the surf here. I lived near
the Pacific Ocean in California
all my life, but haven't gone swimming since I was a teen. The water in California is just too cold (it comes down the
coast from Alaska).
Here the water comes up the Atlantic coast from the Caribbean.
It is warm enough to stay in all day without getting a chill. The continental
shelf spreads out a long way, so it is shallow with few large waves. I love it.
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| BJ at the North end of Pawleys Island Beach |
Even
the access to the beach can be an adventure.
The beach entrance on Pawley’s Island
is a wooden walkway between some very old historic homes. (You can check out
this beach from the web cam on the Pawleys
Island pier at www.http://pawleys.org)
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| Pawleys Island Pier is a favorite hang-out for surfers |
In Huntington
Beach State Park,
you take a stroll through the forest, and over the sand dunes before you reach
the beach.
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| One of HBSP beach entrances |
The
sand here is soft and powdery white. At
low tide it is packed hard enough to ride a bike or drive a vehicle on. It’s great for walking. There are lots of shells and birds but few
people. There’s almost no one on the
beaches on weekdays. (I hear that the
Grand Strand beaches north of us are a bit more crowded). It’s so peaceful. We bought ourselves some beach lounges and a
boogie board just so we could spend more time there.
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