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I-95 and SOUTH CAROLINA

Long before there was an American flag to fly on this soil, Beaufort/Port Royal has seen the Spanish, French English and (yes, it's true) Scottish flags - each claiming this paradise as part of their national empires. From the early 1500s, this harbor has been a magnet for explorers, privateers and ordinary (?) folks who were just looking for a good place to settle down and raise their families. From the brilliant white sand of the Atlantic beaches to the blackwater swamps, the South Carolina Low Country has held an attraction for the poor and the wealthy. Here is the famous Hilton Head Island with its million-dollar condos and plush resorts. Here are the remains of the once wealthy long-fibered Sea Island cotton planters. Here are the lazy rivers and sedate black bays that beckon to the modern explorers in their canoes and kayaks. Here are the oak trees we've all seen so many times in pictures, draped with their greatcoats of Spanish Moss, colorful birds watching us from the tree limbs.

The residents of yesteryear would spend their winters here and move inland to the Piedmont or Upcountry to escape the hot, humid summers. Today's visitors crowd the beaches and resorts in the summers allowing those of us who know to enjoy the mild winters (usually short-sleeve weather) when the hotels and motels honor greatly reduced winter rates.

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Just about every kind of recreational pursuit can be found here. Hilton Head Island is said to have some 300 tennis courts (now who can top that?) and golfers are like ants on a disrupted ant hill. Camping on the beaches here is an experience you will cherish for a good long time but for many of us the best form of recreation is eating. Here you will find dishes hardly ever seen anywhere else; she-crab soup is just one example.

But it isn't all along the coast. The true Lowcountry is inland. Jasper, Hampton and Colleton counties are packed with history that is fun to see. Stroll through some of the many enchanting southern gardens, play in one of the well-maintained state parks or just sit in a town square and enjoy the quiet, unhurried, sedate ambiance of an Old South town.

Interstate 95 splits the region on its way from 'up north' to Savannah a mass of humanity to points south. US-17 (mostly 4-lane) brings you in from historic Charleston. There also are a number of good, 2-lane highways coming in from the west. No, they're not freeways, but they are easy driving and probably more enjoyable. Air travelers can chose either Savannah or Charleston.

contributed by Bob Masters

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American Interstate System South Carolina Directory of RV Parks Near I-95 Exits (from South to North)

I-95 and SOUTH CAROLINA

American Interstate System
South Carolina Directory
of
RV Parks Near I-95 Exits
(from South to North)