Eroded beach, 400 year old ruins and a house that raised 7 children on Daufuskie Island; SC
12/24/2013
I have found myself on Daufuskie Island, where
I had assumed I would be pitching camp.
But the owner of the Bloody Point Golf Resort here put me up in a lodge
on the Atlantic – and they are closed for the holiday. So I am here with this beautiful golf course
and beach to myself for the holiday. I
shot photographs for the first several hours of the day, then rode around with
Charlie, one of the employees at the club.
He introduced
me to “Ricky” – a life-long resident of Daufuskie. Pictured above is the house in which Ricky
and his six siblings were raise. Ricky
had just picked some oranges from one of his orange trees, and he shared them
along with some stories of folks that live on the island.
Pat Conroy
is an author who got his start with a book entitled “The water is wide,” which
recounted his experiences as the first white and first male teacher in the
black school on the island. More details
to follow, but there is a lot of quaint history here. The island has no police, but the Beaufort County Sheriff visits once every few weeks or so for a day. There seems to be very little or no crime. The island has approximately 300 residents in
the winter, but with the summer the population may swell to over a
thousand. The island is roughly 5 miles
long by two miles wide.
The times I
have walked on the beach, my footprints are the only ones besides deer and
coyote prints. Horse-shoe crab shells
litter the beach along with the usual sea shells. It is a beautiful place.
Got some
decent shots tonight – looking forward to shooting Christmas sunrise in the
morning. Merry Christmas all.
David
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