Mike and I were able to 'borrow the car' (we shared a rental with his boss) and head out on our own Saturday. Mike really wanted to show me his favorite golf course in Myrtle Beach. Caledonia!
These pictures are from the drive in up to the clubhouse. These trees with the spanish moss hanging from them are gorgeous!
Mike said every hole on this course is like this and even more beautiful. You feel like you are in a forest of these type of trees. On Mike's first trip to this course several years ago, he bought a t-shirt. This has been his favorite t-shirt as evidenced by how worn it is. He calls it Golden Boy now. I hid it before the trip because I don't want him to wear it in public anymore. I suggested he buy a new Golden Boy since the other is so worn and then I would return the original GB. He bought two, but since being home, he still loves the original. :) I was glad we took the side trip to see some of this course.
This was the coolest bridge! We had to cross it to get to Charleston.
We stopped at Magnolia Plantation. This plantation has been owned by the same family since the late 1600's. That almost never happens our tour guide told us. Most plantation owners did not live in their country houses during the summer because they would get sick....the problem was the mosquito bites that carried malaria, although the people didn't know this at the time. They had city houses (in Charleston). This home was occupied by the family until about 1976 and then they decided to open it to the public for tours/weddings, etc.
The house is not the original built on the site. The first home was three stories and quite grand, but was hit by lightening and burned to the ground. If I remember right, there was another house built, but it also burned during the Civil War. They are not sure how it caught fire. This current house was the 3rd and last house to be built. The tower used to have a bell or something in it, but one of the family members had it taken out and the stairs don't even go all the way up there anymore.
The family member that occupied it the longest had a fascination with gardens and quite a few acres of this plantation are covered with gardens. We walked through some of it and it is quite impressive. Gardens of all styes, bridges all over and everything is beautiful. Of course, we were not there at the time of year that everything is in bloom. There are a type of magnolia that grows here that blooms throughout the winter (when the family would be here) and they say it is breathtaking. Enjoy a few of the photos I took along the way:
We wished we had more time to stroll throughout this plantation, but there is a lot in Charleston to see in just a few hours! Up next: Charleston
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