We got up late today - nice to sleep in. We first took a walk on the beach - good weather, cool so we could still wear a coat, not too windy. Found some little birds that liked to stand on one leg. We decided to find some outdoor activity so we went to the Sea Pines Forest Refuge on the South end of the island. It is really one big bog, filled with trees in standing water. No bugs, no smell. Lots of boardwalks. Some dry land to walk on. It was not hot, just about right. We saw lots of big turtles in the ponds. We found ourselves walking along a road by a lake and saw an alligator sunning himself not 20 feet away. That was a surprise - we saw several more, of various sizes, some in people's back yards, and all were so sleepy they might as well have been plastic models. Not that I tried to see how awake they were. I thought I had read they can move fast when they want to.
After that, we went to explore the commercial settlement by the marina on that endof the island. There's a lighthouse there, but it was put up in the 70s to get boat owners to dock in the marina. That one doesn't count! Food's expensive. that night we barbequed steaks using the outdoor grills the Marriott resort had. We hadn't had any home barbeque in a long time - it was good.
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