Beaufort SC is a pretty small town at the Beaufort River and with a lot of history in the background. With beautiful houses, where many movies were made, like "The big chill", "The great Santini", "The last dance" and some more. I will show you photos about those houses later.
This is just a detail capture of a beautiful classic entrance. I don't think it's even a famous house - only very nice and very beautiful!
I have seen some of these big and wonderful sculptured mermaids all over Beaufort. I missed to ask somebody about the reason why they are so up with those mermaids. There must be some story behind....!
Also here you can take a horse carriage ride trough the town and get all your information from the tourist guide. It was such a hot day and the guide was cooling of his horse with a water hose.
A stroll trough the small harbor.
I like to see all the pretty boats sitting in the docks.
Click on the picture to see it bigger and to learn about the endangered small population of the North Atlantic Right Wales.
A owl as a mascot?
How sweet is this name for a boat...? :-)The city of Beaufort,which is located on Port Royal Island, is rich in history. Near by Parris Island was the location of France's first colony in the New World, founded by Jean Ribault in 1562. The Spanish colonized St. Augustine, Florida in 1565. The first Scottish settlement in what is now the United States, known as Stuart Town, was founded on Port Royal Island in 1682, only to be destroyed by Spanish forces in 1684.Beaufort was chartered in 1711 and is known as the second-oldest city in South Carolina, after Charleston. It was part of the Carolina colony and was governed by Lords Proprietors. The Treaty of Beaufort fixing the boundary between South Carolina and Georgia was signed in the city in 1787.Beaufort is also a center for the Gullah culture and language. St. Helena Island, which is considered one of the last strongholds of the Gullah people, lies a few miles away.Today, Beaufort has a substantial Marine Corps presence, with MCRD Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort as well as the Naval Hospital - Beaufort.More pictures will come, stay with me please.... Read more about Beaufort here:
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Another view of the Plantation House at Middleton Place
The horse barn
Two new horses for the carriage rides
They need enough water to drink before they start the job in the hot sun
The carriage goes out to pick up the tourists to
