Roads Less Traveled: Old trails meander behind sand dunes and along river banks in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge: The very word Lowcountry seems to perfectly describe the land. Water and its influence is visible everywhere. The endless miles of ocean, marshes and swamplands have left their mark on the land and people. Fragile saltwater estuaries serve as protective nurseries and nesting areas for fish, crustaceans and migratory shore and seabirds.
Alice Flagg’s Grave: Steamy, dark nights can be filled with thoughts of the ghost of Alice Flagg, a young Murrells Inlet girl who some say died of a broken heart when her family objected to her engagement to a man of a lower class. Locals still bring offerings to her grave at the All Saints Church in Pawleys Island, and reports still persist of sightings of Alice roaming the countryside, searching for her missing engagement ring.
All Saints Church, Pawleys Island: Religion and myth comfortably coincide. On Sunday mornings, the pews are full of worshippers of all denominations finding comfort for the soul.
McClellanville Waterfront: Generations of seamen, pirates and naval engagements have created a rich nautical history. Many still make their living from the ocean and surrounding waterways. Shrimp trawlers ply the ocean bottom, and fishermen in tiny john boats collect oysters and set crab traps along the creeks and inlets.
Abandoned: The skeletons of the past and evidence of nature’s fury can be found along the roadsides. In the small town of McClellanville, an old abandoned home is slowly reclaimed by nature.
Washed Ashore: The shell of a shrimp trawler that was left high and dry in McClellanville by Hurricane Hugo in 1989
Remnants: Along narrow back roads, the remnants of rice plantations remind one of the former agricultural glory of the region, but also of the shame of slavery and human bondage. The latter is still uncomfortably and sometimes clumsily being reckoned with.
