With a forecast of rain, we chose today to explore Beaufort after taking a fast walk along the beach. Beaufort is a lovely town located on Parris Island and Lady's Island. It has lots of lovely antebellum homes that face the river and are surround by wrap-around porches on two levels. It may possibly be prettier than Charleston because they are spaced further apart and have so many Spanish moss draped trees. The original old city was never destroyed as it was occupied and used for headquarters by the British and then Union armies.
The downtown was pretty quiet as most stores were closed on Sunday morning. We did find a couple of nice places where we could have had lunch or dinner and chose a barbecue sports bar. One neat place was a restaurant/market that was located in what we guessed used to be a bank or post office. Beaufort has a lovely waterside park and walking path. They also provide horse drawn buggy tours and a movie tour. Evidently this town has hosted several movies thru the years, including Forest Gump. We saw the bus stop where he said "Life is like a box of chocolates."
The afternoon was very rainy and a good time to read, nap and balance the checkbook.
I almost forgot to tell you about John's experience with seven raccoons! The garbage bins are huge so they have built an elevated platform around them to make it easier to deposit your trash. One lid has to be left open since they are so large, so as John approached he could hear something scratching around inside the bin. Thats when he encountered seven coons inside the trash bin. He scared 4 or 5 who scrambled out and then began fighting with each other. The others stayed in the bin even after John threw our bag at them. I can tell you truly that I won't be taking out the trash!
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