Wonderful-Wonderful

I also love the mountains where the soaring height gives me the sensation of a closeness to the face of God through time and space which is more awesome than at the usual level of earthiness. But the sea--well, that is a facet of nature that is unexplainable. It was bequeathed early unto me to have a special fondness for the sea and nothing is more awesome than a thunder storm over the waters. Each strike of lightening is like the handwriting of God; each thunder clap is like His powerful voice, as they remind me of His majesty and my smallness on this speck of dust called Earth.

At sea-side I can allow myself to become engulfed in the magnitude of His greatness, yes, even His love at a more human, understandable level--at that point where the incoming Atlantic waves have dwindled and eternally kiss the sandy beach--at that meeting point and philosophy known to some as a nexus and plexus. To walk along this meeting place of solitude with the water playing tag with my toes is wonderful, wonderful.

Ever since the first mariners touched the soil of the New World, the Carolina coast has been one of the most romantic and historic subjects in the Americas for writers of folklore and legend.

The beautiful shore line; broad strands; thick sand dunes; dense subtropical forests; Dutch, Palatine, Huguenot, Irish, Scot and Quaker settlers and the strange, haunting Gullah influence that brought voodoo from Africa, all contrubute to a vast collection of lore. The tales, many oral, but others written, are passed down from descendants of these people--from planters, fisherfolk and Blacks who are descended from former plantation slaves.

In this particular section of South Carolina, time passes though it seems one is in a time warp. Its people hold fast to a way of life which the hands of time have passed to them from bygone cultures and generations. The landscape and houses speak quietly to a past we are unable to forget. Some buildings even pre-date the American Revolution.

All coastal environments have their own beauty, but the legendary beauty of South Carolina's northernmost coastal environment, known as the Grand Strand, north of Charleston, has captivated visitors since ancient feet touched our shores. The Grand Strand is a sixty-mile length of beaches and communities stretching from the North Carolina state line to Georgetown, South Carolina. It boasts legendary names such as Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet, Pawley's Island, Pee Dee, Waccamaw and Socastee.

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