Golf can be a lot of fun. Some people take it very seriously. We just have a good time once a year when we are in Hilton Head. We stay at Bluewater Resort, which comes with Golf Privileges at Golden Bear Course in Indigo Run and The Country Club of Hilton Head. We’ve also played [...]
Sea Island Cotton was the most valuable cotton. It could be sold for twice the price of other cotton. It had very fine strands up to 2 1/2” long. It felt very silky and was often blended with silk when woven. Sea Island Cotton grew over six feet tall and bloomed continuously from June to [...]
I saw an episode on National Geographic about dolphins that chase fish onto the beach to eat them. Hilton Head Island is one of the places they do this. Dolphins will round up a school of fish and herd them toward the shore or river bank. They push the fish onto the sand or mud, [...]
This is a Ghost Crab. They are a common shore crab all over the world. You can see them on the beach on Hilton Head Island. They go from really tiny, up to a little over 2” across. They look see-through, but actually they are just the same color as the sand. They can change [...]
There is an Indian Shell Ring in Sea Pines Forest Preserve. It is a ring of shells, several feet high. There is some doubt about what it is, but they think it was probably just a refuse heap. Signs suggest that, as the earliest inhabitants of Hilton Head Island picnicked, they threw the shells over [...]
We used to visit the Frankie Bones Restaurant near Hendersonville. That one is gone, but the one on Hilton Head is still there. Frankie Bones Restaurant Early Bird Frankie Bones has an Early Bird menu. You have to get to the restaurant before 5:30. There is a nice selection. Not as nice as the real [...]
Live Oak is called “Live” because they do not lose their leaves in the winter. There are a lot of varieties of Live Oaks, but the kind on Hilton Head Island is Southern Live Oak, Quercus Virginiana. There are many very large, old trees on the island. Live Oak trees can grow over 65 feet [...]
Hilton Head is a great place for birders. There are more than 200 varieties of wading and shore birds, raptors and song birds. Even if you don’t know what you are looking for, you will enjoy all the wildlife. These are some of the best places to see birds: Hilton Head Island Birding Trail Maps [...]
This is a post card of the Steam Cannon that was built on Hilton Head Island. The back of the postcard says; “Modern day explorers reconstruct the past atop the gigantic steam cannon on Hilton Head Island. The huge gun, built during the Spanish-American War was fired by steam and was called “the most fearful [...]
Hilton Head Island has beautiful beaches. They are clean and well maintained. The water is warm and the surf is usually not rough. There are natural grasses and many birds. It is a relaxing beach. Hilton Head Island's hard sand beaches are perfect for bicycling. All of the beaches are public up to the high [...]