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After Columbus, we spent two days at Kings Mountain State Park, which is on the NC/SC border, so we could go to the Kings Mountain National Military Battlefield. We really enjoyed the visit. The Park Service has excellent interpretive signs, Smartphone listening sites on the battlefield, and a nice museum. For those of you who aren't familiar with the importance of the Overmountain Men and this pivotal battle in the Revolutionary War, I suggest the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain
We then spent a week at Huntington Beach State Park, which is at Murrell's Inlet, south of Myrtle Beach, SC. The area was the winter home of Anna Hyatt Huntington and Archer Huntington in the early 30's. They built an eccentric Moorish castle type home, with large studio areas for Anna to work on her sculpture. She did very large pieces and always used live subjects, so there was a menagerie of bears, horses, etc. on the property when they were living there--also many servants and people to care for the animals, since they were profoundly rich.
Of course, the Huntingtons needed a place to display Anna's sculpture, as well as that of other American sculptors they admired, so they founded and developed Brookgreen Gardens, across the street from their house. It is now an incredible garden, with wonderful sculpture, pools, and when we were there, beautiful spring flowers. All the land that is now the state park and Brookgreen Gardens was donated to the state of SC by the Huntingtons.
Note: The ticket to Brookgreen Gardens is good for a week. We spent two days there, and didn't see it all. The pictures below are just a tiny fraction of the wonderful sculptures on display. This is a must-see if you are in the area.
Of course, Huntington Beach State Park was on a lovely beach, and Freddie had a great site under a huge live oak tree. We walked on the beach every day, although there was a brisk wind usually.
2 comments:
Absolutely lovely! I'll bet you two really enjoyed that RV trailer as compared to the former 'canvas house'! From the pictures (thanks for sharing them!) those places were marvelous spots to see. I can understand that battle--Long Rifles versus Brown Besses were the things to have, provided you could keep the troops with the Besses at enough of a distance to keep loading and firing the long rifles. They were, however, not the sort of weapon you wanted to charge with against troops with bayonets!
What a great blog! Thanks so much for posting.
This is the kind of vacation I like to have - looking at pictures of other people going outdoorsy places while I sip a cool beverage in
my comfy chair at the computer. I'm enjoying reliving your moments almost as much as you enjoyed creating them. Thanks for the trip!
Robert Stapleton
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