St Helena Island and Beaufort, South Carolina (February 16, 2018)

After dropping David off at a golf course in Bluffton, Peg and I headed out for a day of explorations.  We ended up on St. Helena Island (one of the Sea Islands), south of Beaufort.

Our first stop was at Penn Center, site of former Penn School,  one of the country's first schools for former slaves.  The young woman in the Visitors Center was very friendly, but all in all, it did not seem like a very tourist friendly place.  While there are several buildings to see, we settled for seeing the school.

Then we headed down the road  to look for the ruins of  the 1740 as a CHAPEL OF EASE

serve planters in St. Helena Parish.

which was built to planters in St. Helena Parish.  The TABBY CONSTRUCTION is particularly interesting.  Seashells were combined with mortar.

And then we drove a few more miles down the road to FORT FREMONT.

The remains are extensive and huge:

and then we headed off the island towards Beaufort.  We stopped at a couple of interesting shops

along the way.

When we got to Beaufort we went into some shops

and saw a few historical houses like this one.

. We took a break to find a geocache!   DOWN BY THE RIVER.

And then it was time to meet up with David at the golf course.  We had supper at  NICK'S STEAK AND SEAFOOD.  I had the surf and turf special and it was delicious.  I had not had lobster in a really long time and I enjoyed this meal a lot!!!!   We talked about possibly returning another night to NICKS.