Well, Chad and Penny decided I don't get out enough so they have given me a task to complete. Every month for the next year I am to visit some place new and report back on the blog. It can be anything from a park, to a museum, to a new restaurant, new beach, etc., as long as it is some where I have never been before. After a little bartering they did agree that I could do this on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening or Saturday or Sunday morning when Steve is home so I don't have to go by myself. So, here are pictures of Project No. 1.
Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
This museum is located just a couple of miles from our house. Who knew? Steve and I didn't. It is situated on 68 beautiful acres full of creeks, marshes, mammoth oak trees, flowering magnolias and so much more. We didn't have enough time to explore everything as we had to go to the grocery store before Steve went to work, but we did see a few things.
First we went to the the main house which has the orginal 4 rooms from when it was built in the 1800's as well as the other parts added as the property changed hands. The main house contains a museum of the history of Hilton Head, an art gallery that changes frequently, a gift shop and a classroom. The kitchen that was updated by the last family who owned it still has the cooking stove from 1914. Steve is planning on going back to the classrom Tuesday for the lecture on how, where and when to catch shrimp.
After touring the main house we went outside to the patio and fountain area. The last family had installed a swimming pool here, but the museum filled it in with brick and added a lovely fountain. From here we walked out on one of three boardwalks that goes over the marshes. This was the osprey boardwalk where you go to look for ospreys. We didn't see any, but there were hundreds of fiddler crabs running everywhere and there is an inter active display to push buttons and hear all of the sounds of the local birds. After the boardwalk we went to the butterfly house. The butterflies were so pretty and we even got to see one that had just come out of its chrysalis which is like a little leathery pouch.
That's about all the time we had this morning. We will be going back to walk down the other 2 boardwalks, see the cemetary and the stables that houses tacky horses. These are stout horses from spain that were used in the fields here. Now, they race them on the beaches in the spring. We also want to see the gardens where they grow indigo. I guess that was the big crop in the 1800's. They would grow indigo plants and extract the blue from the flowers to make dye and sell the dye in blocks to the English.
The Osprey Broadwalk
1914 Cooking Stove
Patio and Fountain
Butterfly House
Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
This museum is located just a couple of miles from our house. Who knew? Steve and I didn't. It is situated on 68 beautiful acres full of creeks, marshes, mammoth oak trees, flowering magnolias and so much more. We didn't have enough time to explore everything as we had to go to the grocery store before Steve went to work, but we did see a few things.
First we went to the the main house which has the orginal 4 rooms from when it was built in the 1800's as well as the other parts added as the property changed hands. The main house contains a museum of the history of Hilton Head, an art gallery that changes frequently, a gift shop and a classroom. The kitchen that was updated by the last family who owned it still has the cooking stove from 1914. Steve is planning on going back to the classrom Tuesday for the lecture on how, where and when to catch shrimp.
After touring the main house we went outside to the patio and fountain area. The last family had installed a swimming pool here, but the museum filled it in with brick and added a lovely fountain. From here we walked out on one of three boardwalks that goes over the marshes. This was the osprey boardwalk where you go to look for ospreys. We didn't see any, but there were hundreds of fiddler crabs running everywhere and there is an inter active display to push buttons and hear all of the sounds of the local birds. After the boardwalk we went to the butterfly house. The butterflies were so pretty and we even got to see one that had just come out of its chrysalis which is like a little leathery pouch.
That's about all the time we had this morning. We will be going back to walk down the other 2 boardwalks, see the cemetary and the stables that houses tacky horses. These are stout horses from spain that were used in the fields here. Now, they race them on the beaches in the spring. We also want to see the gardens where they grow indigo. I guess that was the big crop in the 1800's. They would grow indigo plants and extract the blue from the flowers to make dye and sell the dye in blocks to the English.
The Osprey Broadwalk
1914 Cooking Stove
Patio and Fountain
Butterfly House
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