Betty Poore: What's New on the Charleston Coast Blog: May 2007

We are open!

Dunes Properties has just opened its Real Estate Studio in downtown Charleston, SC. It is just beautiful and I cannot wait for you to come see it. It is absolutely the best way to get to know the Lowcountry and all it has to offer. So, come see me!

In the meantime please click on the link below for a personal tour of our STUDIO!

http://dunesdowntown.com/tour/

See you soon.

WE ARE OPEN!

But the best way to experience the new way to get to know the Lowcountry and all it has to offer is to visit 214 King Street on your own.

http://dunesdowntown.com/tour/

Well, I made it back intact from Sanibel and I know I promised a report on our two main adventures (well 3 really). The day we arrived we took a detour to the Edison-Ford estate & musuem just outside Ft. Myers. It was simpy astounding...the grounds, the gardens...Edison even had a lab on the premises where he tested / grew certain plants. That was adventure # 1.

Adventure #2 was a day later....we drove down to Corkscrew Swamp...just east of Naples. Over 6000 acres with more being added. We strolled the 2.5 mile trail and saw air plants, orchids, bird life, butterflies, hawks, vultures...you name it. The drought had seriously affected the water level but I still would not have missed if for the world.

Adventure #3 was a hoot. We had seen a website for the Everglade Wonderland and decided it was a must. We thought, based on the advertising, that it would be as large as the Corkscrew Swamp and we would take a tram through the acreage and see flamingos, gators, birds, snakes, cougars....the works. What we got was....well, have you ever driven I-95 South and seen those signs for "Pedro's South of the Border"?. Enough said.

It is a beautiful Sunday morning here in Charleston and I plan to take full advantage of the day. Hope you can do the same, wherever you are.

Well,
Here it is day 5 of our annual hen trip to sunny Sanibel Island. My mom, Toddy Poore, sisters Jenny Stengel (aka "the Sparrow" ) and Ellen Mueller( aka "Big E") and I have been coming here for a week each spring since 1998. (2005 saw us moled in at Wild Dunes) but Sanibel ever since. Our MO is : Coffee at the "Bean", breakfast at home, books on the beach till noon or so...up for cold beer and oysters at the "Lazy Flamingo"....back to the beach to read and shell, then home for cocktails and dinner....prepared by Ellen....chef extraordinaire. Mom and I figure we have gained 10 lbs. Yikes.

More tomorrow on our fateful trip to the "Corkscrew Swamp"

Betty

Well, it just doesn't get more beautiful than this morning. The sun rising behind me as I sit looking over the marsh and the moon, a big gorgeous orange ball, slowly disappearing over the horizon. Birds are chirping and there is not another sound in the world...nor any place I would rather be.

Life is good here in Charleston. I plan to write about what is going on here...the lifestyle, the people, the real estate market...so please stay tuned.