
1 Strolling the walking path around Oldfield has some amazing views of huge southern mansions

2 The tidal salt marsh extends out to the Okatie River

3 Gracious southern living

4 Boat docks are accessed by long piers over the salt marsh and mud to where there's finally open water

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7 The tidal marshes of the Lowcountry consist of cordgrass and pluff mud, which is abundant with oysters.

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9 Pink Muhly Grass, also known as Pink Hair Grass, is beautiful in the fall

10 Five pelicans sittin' in a tree....

11 Ahhh yup.... duly noted!

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13 We spent an afternoon having lunch and touring quaint Bluffton, SC. The Church of the Cross was built in 1856 and is on the National Register of Historic…

14 Paella was on the menu for the night, so we stopped at the Bluffton Oyster Company for local oysters, clams, and shrimp

15 Followed by a quick stop at Cahill's Market for other essential ingredients

16 Out back of Cahill's is the "World's Largest Boiled Peanut", built in 2013 out of pine, chicken wire, and painted foam insulation for a local boiled peanut…

17 Seafood Paella!

18 Sous-chef Jim following Max's instructions to make the paella

19 Soaking in the late October sun

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