Hilton Head, South Carolina in Pictures

Salty Dog Cafe, in South Beach a popular destination in Hilton Head.  Bloody Mary at the outside bar area.  

Iconic Harbour Town Lighthouse.  You can tour the lighthouse museum.  The construction to the left of the lighthouse is for a large restaurant with outside space called The Quarter Deck, scheduled to be open in time for The Heritage Golf Classis in mid April.

Miles and miles of walking and or bike paths Hilton Head Island.  Most rental properties rent bikes, and there are private businesses with bike rentals on the island as well.  You can rent by day, or by the week.

Daufuskie Island a short ferry ride from Hilton Head, about a third of the size of Hilton Head Island is a popular day trip.  Ferry over, rent a golf cart and cruise the island.  It's historic, and probably looks the way Hilton Head did before the bridge was built which caused the island to grow by leaps and bounds.  Pat Conroy's "Prince of Tides", put the island on the map.

Grande Ocean, one of 7 Marriott Time Shares on the island.  Not the best picture folks, but this resort is in the middle of the island with garden views, ocean front views and ocean side views.  A beautiful resort right on the beach.

A beautiful Camelia at Honey Horn Coastal Park.  There is much to see and do at Honey Horn.  I blogged about it HERE.  There are many varieties to view.  

A map of the island showing the locations of the 7 Marriott Time Shares.  The island is shaped like a foot with Harbour Town in the toe.

Marriott''s Harbour Pointe and Sunset Pointe, in Shelton Cove are located mid Island.  This is the pool and sundeck area.  There's a large shopping center at Shelter Cove for dining and shopping.

Pretty flowers abound everywhere on the island.

If you've not traveled to Hilton Head, put it on your bucket list of places to travel

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Honey Horn Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head Island, SC

Honey Run Coastal Discovery Museum, 70 Honey Horn Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC  29926.  We've been to Hilton Head many times, but have never taken the time to visit Honey Horn Coastal Discovery Museum...and should have long ago.  There is much to see and do here.  The museum itself is free and small but worth the time.  You can learn much about the history of the island, make a nice purchase at the little gift shop (I did), and have the opportunity to sign the quest book and leave a donation.  We did all those things.

There are walking trails, restrooms, a butterfly house, a Camellia Garden, an Osprey nesting platform, boardwalk areas, views of the marsh/sound, and Marsh Tacky Horses.  The grounds are quite pretty and worth time to explore.  I've been there twice viewing different areas each time I visited; but plan to go back.

The Marsh Tacky Horse, is a very special breed, and close to extinction with less than 100 breeding mares in the world.  They're not particularly large horses, but have the ability to work in swampy areas without getting stuck.  Their hoof's make the difference.  The strain comes from colonial Spanish horses that have adapted to the area.  SC passed a bill naming The Carolina Marsh Tacky the state heritage horse in June of 2010.

Views of the marsh from a boardwalk area where you can see coastal birds and other wildlife.

A pretty outdoor patio with water feature and pretty gardens often used for special events.

As mentioned above a butterfly house.  As I was there in January, we didn't tour inside; but hope to go back in Spring when there might be more activity to see.

Sign boards explain some history about the area., as well what wild life might be seen.

A small historic cemetery, former location of Honey Horn Chapel (circa 1930's).  The Chapel has been relocated to First Presbyterian Church in the 1990's.

Art display in the museum was interesting.

One of many plaques to honor people important to Hilton Head's history.  There will be a follow up post to highlight a few of these special people.  AND a separate post to show some of the beautiful Camellia's that were blooming when I was there in January.

The museum hours are Monday through Sat 9 am until 4:30 pm (Gate is locked at 5 pm), and 11:00 am until 3pm on Sunday's with the gate being locked at 3:30 pm.

To visit their website, click HERE.  The Museum offers a variety of guided toursw and special activities and programs throughout the year.

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Jarvis Creek Park, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

This big boy was the first to greet us....he's wasn't the least bit shy.  We spotted him very near the walk way which had me a bit un-nerved.  My friend, and the awesome photographer; Margaret said she's seen him before on a previous visit to Jarvis Creek Park.  We choose to go the opposite direction, by the way.  He seems to like to station himself near the small fishing dock; so please be aware folks.  Through out the park are plenty of signs indicating the presence of alligators with warnings to all NOT to feed them.

Jarvis Creek Park and Fitness Trail in Hilton Head, is just off highway 278, William Hilton Parkway at 50 Jarvis Creek Road.  It's a 53 acre park with much to offer.  There are nice restrooms, picnic areas, play areas for the kids, lots of wildlife to enjoy and pretty scenery.

Margaret zoomed and got some really nice photo's of the wild life, while I kept a look out for gators!  She took some photo's with her cell phone and others with a nice camera with a good zoom lens.

This "duck" intrigued us, as we were unfamiliar with it.  Turns out it's not a duck after all, it's a Common Gallinule, (Gallinula galeata) sometimes referred to as a Common Moorhen, especially in older field guides.  After our walk, Margaret did some googling and thought she'd found what it was, and I sent the picture to a blog friend, birder, David who confirmed it.  Please visit his blog for lots of interesting information and wonderful wildlife photo's.

This Blue Heron was hard to see, he was so close to us; but the camouflage was great and we only saw it when it moved.  

The Turtles were all clustered together getting some sun, apparently not minding being all bunched together.

In additional to the pretty scenery and wildlife, there is a pro-WEllness area with 10+ pieces of equipment stationed behind a large Old Live Oak with directions on how to use each piece of eq1uipment.  I confess....I did not see this as we walked, but their website says it's there.  This exercise area was built by Hilton Head Island and Bluffton Chamber of Chamber of Commerce.

The walking path is smooth and wide and flat (about a mile loop), so very accessible to all.  Regular Park Hours are 6 am til 9pm, but winter hours (in effect when daylight savings time stops) is 6 am til 6 pm.

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Traveling Room to Room

May you have a wonderful holiday regardless of which holidays you celebrate!

These past two years have been hard for so many, heartbreaking even.  So much sadness, sickness and death.  We're not traveling for holidays, not even to family members houses locally.  Given the size of our family, and the exposures many have seems to increase the risk factor for indoor celebrations.  So, for the time being we'll be traveling room to room here at the house, no packing necessary!

Hopefully, we all will have the ability to safely gather for next years Christmas Celebrations.

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Traveling Through

This is a different kind of travel, one I've posted about before.  I do a lot of walking, put a fair number of miles in those travels.  I often see interesting things when my feet take me traveling.  I don't remember until recent years people decorating so much for Halloween, do you?

I have several walking routes through the neighborhood with options to hit 3 different city parks.  Most of the routes are between 4-5 miles.  The skeletons on a picnic was cute.

Another Skeleton themed decoration.

This is perhaps the most elaborate set up with the number of tombstones and even a gate to enter.

Do you decorate?  I don't.  Do you see many decoration in your neck of the woods?  

It's been beyond ages since I've blogged so this is just a quick post to get things rolling again.  Next post will be about a week we spent in South Carolina, do do come back.   

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