Charles Towne Landing
/Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site is across the Ashley River from Charleston. I visited in late April and just realized I had not posted about the place. It is the earliest colonial settlement in what is now South Carolina - started in 1670. There are exhibits in the museum and from archeological digs throughout the site that help visualize what it was like. There is a replica of a 17th century sailing ship to tour as well.
There is a statue of a Native American situated in the trees. How strange they must have thought the colonists coming in ships and taking command of the land.
The camellias were near the end of their season but a few bushes still had blooms.
Looking out over the marshy land - the Ravenel Bridge is visible in the distance and pelicans are seen frequently.
The place is wild enough to still have raccoons under the trees.
It had been dry enough the few days before we were there for some of the resurrection fern growing on the oaks to be withered (top image) but other limbs still had green fern - allowing for comparison.
This is a place to walk and absorb the history of the place while savoring the outdoors of South Carolina in the spring before it gets too hot.