The Grand Strand

This week we stayed at a friend's family beach house on the Grand Strand in South Carolina's Low Country. For the first time in weeks, we stopped moving. We actually stayed in the same place for three days.

As a result, we had plenty of time for long walks on the beach.

We stayed on what is known as The Grand Strand, a continuous series of ocean beaches that stretch for 60 miles along the South Carolina coastline.

Throughout the area, the beaches are accessible and open to the public, although in places they are lined with hotels, condominiums, and various tourist "attractions."

Each day, we saw many people fishing from the shore. Some of them were using hand-thrown nets to catch minnows for bait. The guy in the photo below is just emptying his net into a pail.

The days were warm (80+ degrees) as was the ocean water (73 degrees). As a result, we did most of our walking toward the end of the day, which gave us a chance to enjoy some great sunsets, including this one near the fishing pier at Garden City Beach.