The Ashley River, SC

The Ashley River is a river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in Western Berkeley County. It consolidates its main channel about 5 miles west of Summerville, widening into a brackish, tidal estuary just south of Fort Dorchester. The much wider Ashley joins the Cooper River in Charleston to form the Charleston Harbor before discharging into the Atlantic Ocean.

The river was named for Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury and chief Lord Proprietor of the Carolina Colony. Charleston was founded on the western bank of the Ashley in 1670 (at Charles Towne Landing), before moving across to its current peninsular location ten years later.

My Wordless Sunday #5 - in Charleston

My Wordless Sunday #3 - In Charleston, SC

Reflections II

I got so many nice compliments on my post from yesterday, "Water Reflections," so I decided to bring another similar picture, which is interesting too. What do you think?

Water Reflections

I like this little poem and I think it matches very well the idea about a unknown boat and its reflection in the water:

Sailboat, rowboat, motor boat, too.
Moving through the waters so clear and blue.
Tugboat, lifeboat, kayak and canoe
With so many types of boats,
Which one will you choose?

(by Melanie Mazurek)