Day 28
We visited Brookgreen Gardens on our way to Charleston. OMG what a beautiful place. This National Historic Landmark is the home of several hundred bronze sculptures set in beautifully designed and manicured gardens. The site was once 4 rice plantations producing during the 1700's and 1800's (before the civil war) that used several 1000 slaves to develop and manage the rice fields. The Gardens were created by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1931 and have been continually developed since then. The works of many well know sculptors are on display here. A couple of outstanding examples are the goddess diana (three different poses all in bronze) and a hugh granite sculpture of Pegasus. Many of the oak trees on the grounds were over 200 years old. From there we went to Huntington State Park just across the highway--a beautiful park with an outstanding beach at least 2 miles long. We waded in the Atlantic which wasn't so bad and much warmer than the Pacific. We found our B&B, settled in and waited for Lesley to arrive. Shortly after her arrival we went to the highly acclaimed restaurant Fig and enjoyed an outstanding dining experienced that lasted almost three hours. We had a flounder dish and Lesley had suckling pig as well as appetizers and dessert.
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| Diana |
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| Pegasus |
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| Oak with moss |
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| southern belle |
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