1 Strolling the walking path around Oldfield has some amazing views of huge southern mansions
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3 The tidal salt marsh extends out to the Okatie River
4 Gracious southern living
5 Spanish Moss
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7 Boat docks are accessed by long piers over the salt marsh and mud to where there's finally open water
8 The tidal marshes of the Lowcountry consist of cordgrass and pluff mud, which is abundant with oysters.
9 Pink Muhly Grass, also known as Pink Hair Grass, is beautiful in the fall
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11 Five pelicans sittin' in a tree....
12 Ahhh yup.... duly noted!
13 We spent an afternoon having lunch and touring quaint Bluffton, SC. The Church of the Cross was built in 1856 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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15 Paella was on the menu for the night, so we stopped at the Bluffton Oyster Company for local oysters, clams, and shrimp
16 Followed by a quick stop at Cahill's Market for other essential ingredients
17 Out back of Cahill's is the "World's Largest Boiled Peanut", built in 2013 out of pine, chicken wire, and painted foam insulation for a local boiled peanut festival.
18 Sous-chef Jim following Max's instructions to make the paella
19 Seafood Paella!
20 Jim and Karen took us out for an afternoon boat trip along the Okatie, Colleton, and Chechessee Rivers out towards Port Royal Sound
