Edisto Beach is a small town with a population of less than 1,000. Its located about an hour south of Charleston, South Carolina. Its beaches are known for shelling and the town is known for low tourism and low industry, just what we were looking for. From Hanna Park it was a 4-hour drive to Edisto Beach.
Edisto Beach, South Carolina
The Edistow Indians were early inhabitants growing rice and indigo. Later, cotton and large plantations prospered until the Civil War. It wasn’t until Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and later when Wyndham Resorts developed a golf course in 2006 that interest in Edisto as a vacation destination increased.
There were a few places in town to explore and dine. Whaley’s was popular with the locals and their food was delicious, an ahi tuna salad and a shrimp blt.
Edisto Beach State Park
None of the sites had ocean views, but beach access was less than 100 yards away. You could hear the waves crashing from the RV.
We had 50-amp service and water, but no sewer or WIFI. Fortunately, there were some over the air channels from Charleston and at night our ATT data was adequate to stream. Our site was large and backed up to a salt marsh. Unfortunately, at low tide, the noseums ate Sandy alive.
We spent most of our time walking the beaches. Edisto Beach State Park had nice clean bath houses, so despite the inconvenience of no sewer hookup, it wasn’t a problem.
Sandy loved walking the beach to look for shells. She wasn’t the only one. Others come each year, informing her that low tide is best for sand dollars and high tide is best for welks. This knobbed welk was still alive, so back in the water for it.
Jake loves his time on the beach. So many things to explore and smell.
The density of shells was the highest we’ve ever seen. Even though most of them were oyster shells, sorting through them to find treasures like South Carolina’s State Shell, the Lettered Olive, were worth it. Sharks eye, cockles, white tusk, ark, scallop, clam, conch, angel wing, sand dollar, welk, pen, mussels, and olive shells were all there.
There was a new moon during our stay, so we had nice dark skies, other than building lights. Because of a nearby fire, we were getting a smoke haze each day, but still able to see the stars. We used a flashlight to light paint the waves so that they could be seen.
Sunsets were nice too.
Lake Greenwood, Ninety Six, South Carolina
We’ve been here a couple of times before to visit Eddie. It’s a beautiful area.
This is our first time staying at Lake Greenwood State Park. Our site backed up to Lake Greenwood giving us nice lake views. We had full service, but no WIFI or over the air TV channels. Our ATT data card worked good enough to stream but the signal was fair to poor.
We were here on a weekend, so not the best time at a state campground. There were too many fires, kids, people playing music, and barking dogs for it to be peaceful. There are days we don’t mind if it’s cold and rainy outside. It was a challenge to squeeze the Airstream between the two trees at our campsite but we did it.
Even though it was early March, there were a few trees just starting to bloom.
We really enjoyed our daily walks.
Sandy’s brother Eddie lives here. We really enjoy visiting him and seeing Greenwood.
