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Summerville Trolley - Good Eats Tour on The Sweet Tea Trail

Posted on 19 Oct 2014
Category: Tours, Culinary
Author: Steve Vail

To start things off, Doctor Ed West presented a historic overview of Summerville in the rear conference room of the Summerville Museum. His insight and colorful depiction of past and present set the foundation for an enjoyable and informative tour. Our tour guide on the trolley was Barbara Lynch Hill, Author of the Book...

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Sea Turtle Rescue / Release Folly Beach SEP 2014

Posted on 11 Sep 2014
Category: Family Entertainment, Beaches and Islands
Author: Steve Vail

One "Kemp's Ridley" and two Loggerhead sea turtles named: "Blu" (juvenile Kemp's Ridley); "Atalaya" (80-pound Loggerhead); and "Trawler" (123-pound Loggerhead) were released back into the wild at Folly Beach 5 Sep 2014 at 11:00 AM. The event was scheduled to go on, rain...

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Summerville - A Virtual Walking Tour Part 2

Posted on 15 Jul 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites
Author: Steve Vail

... part 2 begins at the intersection of Sumter Street and West Carolina Avenue,  where another one of Summerville's famous Inns of the late 1800's stood and operated right up until the 1960's. After the depression of the 1930's followed by World War II, Summerville's notoriety as a health resort and getaway for the world's...

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BrookGreen Gardens - Beautiful, Unique, Awe-Inspiring

Posted on 23 Jun 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites, Family Entertainment
Author: Steve Vail

Located on Hwy 17 in Murrells Inlet just south of Myrtle Beach and North of Pawleys Island, BrookGreen Gardens offer a plethora of scenes, trails, activities, and the largest exhibit in an outdoor setting of figurative sculptures by American artists anywhere in the world. It's unique as it is beautiful, majestic, and serene...

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Fort Moultrie - Historic National Monument and SC Lowcountry Treasure

Posted on 10 Jun 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites
Author: Steve Vail

Fort Moultrie, located on the south-west end of Sullivan's Island   and adjacent to Charleston Harbor, stood as a vanguard against any that might attempt to threaten the South Carolina and US Atlantic coastline.

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Schools Out For Summer - With Ambler Hall

Posted on 3 Jun 2014
Category: Musical Performance, Family Entertainment
Author: Steve Vail

Ambler Hall band members each contributed a great deal of talent and energy toward the evening's performance of excellence. Michael O'Quin on Lead Guitar mesmerized listeners with his seemingly effortless driving lead solos. Bob Harmon, also on Guitar and...

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Botany Bay Bone Yard Beach and Plantation - Historic SC Lowcountry

Posted on 31 May 2014
Category: Tours, Historic Sites, Beaches and Islands
Author: Steve Vail

Bone yard beach at Botany Bay - A literal bone yard on the beach? Not exactly. Over the years, the tides have changed and eroded areas where thriving forests once stood. Many of the trees are now fallen over with their massive root systems exposed to the elements. The constant ebb and flow of the sandy beach tides combined with the Sun and salt have quite literally sanded them smooth, and bleached them to a haunting off white that resemble the color of "bone"...

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Spectacular Live Blues Performances at Home Team BBQ

Posted on 12 Feb 2014
Category: Musical Performance, Family Entertainment, Culinary
Author: Steve Vail

I really really like Barbeque. However, not just any old BBQ will do. Slow cooked over wood; oak and/or hickory with an assortment of vinegar and mustard based sauces on the side, that's what I call real Barbeque. Now I also happen to have a rather strong affinity for live blues performances as well. So when it was brought to my attention that I just might have the opportunity to experience both at the same place and time... well now.

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