the low country

just back from beaufort (which they pronounce like "bu-fort" with a long "u"), south carolina, and a part of the low country between savannah and charleston that i had never seen before---saw the wilds of hilton head for the first time (like peachtree city on steroids at the beach), which, at least, is not the blight upon the face of the earth that is, for instance, nags head on the outer banks---local communities, including the town of hilton head, have had the foresight to preserve at least some of the area from development, but the best is hunting island, most of which is a south carolina state park built by the ccc in the late 1930s---wonderful mix of loblolly pine, liveoak, and palmetto palm, five miles of beach and said to be one of best birding habitats in the country----