Sherman's March to the Sea

For day one of our vacation, we recreated Sherman's March to the Sea (except we didn't burn a 60 mile wide swath,) by following the freeway from Chattanooga. After storming through Savannah (actually the storm had cleared by then,) we detoured over to Hilton Head Island, SC where we checked into our hotel near North Forest/Coligny Beach.


The beaches at Hilton Head are not as not as sandy white as those at Myrtle Beach. The sand here is a bit more grayish, with the consistency of concrete. (Which of course makes it excellent for making sand castles).


One thing that ME found troubling is the large amount of sawgrass reeds that wash up in the waves. The entire tide line of the beach was covered with them, making a little bit of a wooden wall one must cross over to get to the water. She didn't want to go in the water with the sticks.


We hope that this will be made up for by more things to do and see.