The Place
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As we discussed our retirement over the past few years, we
would say that we wouldn’t travel on Fridays and Sundays or on the high travel
days of holiday weekends. Of course, we would
say this when we were tied up in traffic somewhere. So, when we left Little Talbot Island FL on
the Saturday before Easter, we thought that all the holiday travelers would be
off the road on Saturday. We were
wrong. I-95 was heavy but at speed through Georgia,
and slowed down to a crawl in South Carolina.
After creeping through 30 miles in 2 hours, we got off the road for the
night. Surely, we said, there is some
beach in South Carolina where we could wait out the traffic and celebrate
Easter on the beach. We were lucky to
find it in this very special Huntington Beach State Park.
Huntington Beach State Park was the estate of billionaires
that became a state park. It has a very
nice campground, a ruined estate house, a gorgeous beach, a salt marsh, a fresh
marsh, loads of birds, and a handful of alligators. We had a fabulous time and will definitely return
here on another trip.
The Adventure
Birds, birds, birds.
We heard the Painted Buntings were often found at the park. Then we saw two at a feeder at the Nature
Center. Yes, two. Sadly, the photos were taken far away, so
this one is barely worth posting here. The bird feeder has a cage around it to discourage squirrels. In
addition, we saw ibis, egrets, herons, anhinga, terns, eagles, osprey, and
pelicans. 
We went on a kayak eco-tour with Blackwater RiverOutdoors. There were about 20 of
us, playing bumper kayaks through the salt marsh. Eventually everyone got sorted out, and we
had a fun kayak through the marsh. We
saw 2 Bald Eagles and countless other birds.
The best part of Huntington Beach? Dogs are allowed on the beach, much to Tiki’s
delight!
We left on Tuesday morning and headed toward home. Traffic is almost non-existent. We should be home after lunch on Wednesday.
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