This year for JayceeRae’s 11th birthday we took a day trip to Edisto and visited Botany Bay Plantation, boy was it beautiful!! It’s made up of two separate entities-Sea Cloud and Bleak Hall Plantation. It is most definitely a must-see experience. I cannot believe I grew up here and have never been.
We took the car tour around the plantations first, had a picnic lunch, and then finally visited the beach. On the drive in, the first thing we saw I kid not- 10 to 20 deer crossing the road at different times, it was crazy!! We saw so many gorgeous Oaks , Palms, and Loblolly Pine trees. Songbirds were all over the place, dove, woodpeckers, we even spotted a few fox squirrels! After the tour and a few walk abouts we had our picnic; Publix subs were our main dish and of course we had to have a birthday cookie for dessert aka Publix sprinkled sugar cookies ;).
After that it was beach time! To get to the beach first you have to walk a half-mile walk across a shell-packed trail that cuts through the marsh and then through a small maritime forest. That alone was so peaceful, but then as soon as you enter the beach and see the beauty… it’s just breathtaking. The kids had a ball and didn’t even complain once!!-Except that I wouldn’t let them jump into the water full force. I mean come on people it’s February! Even though.. I think it hit today was 75 and 83 Thursday?! good ol SC for ya!
Botany Bay’s beach is stunning. It’s referred to as the “Boneyard Beach” due to the fallen trees – whitened by the sun – that rest in the sand and weather-worn trees that stand in the water. It’s an untouched beach that people haven’t messed up yet and it shows nature at its finest. The shells were beautiful and we even picked out a few favorites and hung them on the tree roots of some of the fallen trees. So cool- Brayklee and JayceeRae did manage to “fall” and get a little more wet than planned. – well I should more than I planned them to! It was a lovely trip and we will be going back to visit there again soon! Until then- Happy Early Birthday Sunshine! We hope you enjoyed the trip as much as I enjoyed watching you experience it. xoxo
