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| Palmetto Palm Reflections in Edisto State
Park |
The first week of October was spent on Edisto Island,
SC. I enjoyed the stay. It was a very healthy getaway both mentally and
physically. Like most of the sea islands, Edisto Island is actually two
islands... Nearest to the ocean is a narrow spit of sand called Edisto Beach .
Most of the development on Edisto is on this sandbar wedged between the
Atlantic Ocean and a salt marsh. There's no canned entertainment and hardly any
restaurants even on Edisto Beach.. I spent most of the week touring local
nature preserves and historical centers and taking photo references for future
paintings.
Just West of the salt marsh is Edisto Island
proper. It is a much larger chunk of land that in turn is cut off from the
mainland by two very large rivers. It is covered with ancient oaks, towering
pine, and juniper, interspersed with tidal creeks and marshes, Edisto Island
proper is mostly rural small family farms , remote wildlife management
preserves, (and a lot of AME and Baptist churches). The low country scenery is
magnificent and chalk full of colonial and civil war history. I had my bike
with me so I was able
to explore a lot of the area at a very leisurely
pace. My favorite place was through Botany Bay, which is a Wildlife Preserve
managed by the Nature Conservancy. The preserve is composed of 12 former
Plantations which date back to colonial times.
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| Erosion on Botany Bay Beach |
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| Jeremy Cay |
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