Come see where Marines are made. This review might be a little different from those that are…read morestationed here versus a guest or visitor. The island has a lot of history dating back before the founding of the nation with the French Huguenots to the Spanish to finally the English settlers. There is a lot to do on the island with golf courses, museums, and annual bike tours.

If you crave discipline. Serving a purpose higher than yourself. Think you have the metal to…read morebecome a Marine? This is where you will find out quickly. Want to experience PI? Go see your local Marine recruiter. If successful it will define your life until you breathe your last breath. Earned never given. Semper Fidelis.

The overall tract of wildlife refuge appears mostly something that you'd explore by boat, but…read moredriving down the dirt road to this little parking lot leads to an abandoned plantation surrounded by classic South Carolina swampland. Remnants of rice fields ring the mansion, leading to an interesting aesthetic experience even though I missed when the building was actually open. I can confirm that in the winter there wasn't much in the way of biting insects and the alligators I was warned of did not materialize. Probably hiding. I'm guessing in warmer weather the area has significant challenges, though you should expect this anywhere in the swampy parts of the lowcountry. As with any wildlife refuge, the priority isn't visitor experience, but for a free and interesting landscape to wander, it has some intrigue.

The drive in is pretty, as are the grounds, but holy moly the deer flies are aggressive. It was…read morealso way too hot to go on a day that the gates are closed and you have to walk in to the site. Lesson learned. I would love to return in the fall or winter. Bicycles are permitted so our teen brought his. He probably would have enjoyed it more if it weren't for the flies. We had bug spray on so not really sure how to deter them or if they're less mean in the fall/winter. I'll go back and let y'all know. Ha. They do have bathrooms on site which was nice. They were kinda stuffy in there but better than nothing.

Sweetest little local library- they have kids activities in the summer for free- on our last day we…read moretook our 5&7 yr old for a weekly story and craft time. Miss Alice is so sweet and engaging. They were in a temporary space as the main library is renovating for a few more months. The kids got to play with some other local families. Sea turtles were the theme and they got to make sea turtles with some special facts. It was super hot - this was a nice little respite!

Officially the Richard V. Woods Memorial Bridge and formerly known as the Lady's Island Bridge,…read morethis drawbridge carries US-21 (Business) over the Intracoastal Waterway joining downtown Beaufort with Lady's Island. It was opened in 1959 and is the second swing-bridge in this spot. Yes, it's not the more common "bascule" or "leaf" bridge that raises. The Beaufort bridge is a swing bridge which pivots to allow tall marine traffic to pass. Swing bridges are cool. It's a pretty bridge in a classical sense and it's great that it can be seen from the Sea Island Parkway as you approach from the south and you can also stop along Bay Street (best next to the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park) to view the bridge. I did not get an opportunity to see it open during my time in Beaufort. The bridge has one lane in each direction and a single protected pedestrian walkway on one side of the roadway. There is no toll to cross the bridge. It is one of two bridges that cross here in Beaufort. The other is the McTeer Bridge about four miles south and it's just a regular boring high bridge that doesn't open. The bridge was used in the movie Forrest Gump. You'll see it at the end of this scene: https://youtu.be/1XRmhoGwgVg [Review 19478 overall - 1050 in South Carolina - 448 of 2023.]

You know why I low key love writing reviews for bridges? Because they pretty much write themselves…read more If the bridge wasn't up to par, then I wouldn't be writing the review. If there's one thing I can say about this bridge is that it's STURDY. I'm no architect, but I can definitely appreciate the STURDINESS of any bridge that I cross. The STURDIER the better, is what I always say, and this bridge really holds its own. As to not come off as sarcastic I actually did some homework on the bridge and found out that is one of the most popular landmarks in Beaufort S.C. It opened on December 17th in 1959, which stands a a huge testament to its STURDINESS, and dependability. The woods Memorial Bridge, which is more commonly referred to by locals as "Woods Bridge" is named in memory of Richard V. Woods 1935-1969. He was a Highway Patrol officer who was unfortunately killed in the line of duty. The bridge was also a stnd in for a bridge that crossed the mighty Mississippi in the classic movie Forrest Gump! So not only is the bridge STURDY as all get out! It's also a movie icon, and a sex symbol when compared to most bridges.

After a "destination lunch" in Yemassee SC, our server asked if we were seeking history. Replying…read morethat it was an interest, they suggested going just six miles down the road. Yes! Six miles and 250 years earlier, we drove into a hauntingly beautiful open grove of ruins did we go! Park off the street easily. Off street parking with no sidewalks or crossings, then you'll walk into history. Burned once by the British in 1777, rebuilt, then burned one more, and final time by Sherman's mary in the civil war, as he rained terror on these rural folk, returning from conquering Savannah in the final years of the civil war. Some people remain behind in the graveyard, so please be respectful during your time here. It's silence and magistry will stay with you. The old water pump still delivers cold, sweet spring water, so have some before you go. Bring a cup (no waste cans!), or go old school and use your hand. The sadness comes from knowing that these bricks were made by slaves...

My wife and I visited here on an anniversary trip from a recommendation of a friend. It's about 50…read moremiles from Charleston SC but was well worth the drive. We were the only ones there. It's a historic site known as Prince William's Parish Church. Built between 1745 and 1753 in the English Georgian style with Roman Tuscan or Doric elements, it served as a chapel of ease for the parish. The church has a dramatic history, traditionally believed to have been burned twice: first by the British in 1779 during the Revolutionary War and again in 1865 by General Sherman's forces during the Civil War, leaving only its massive brick walls. However, a 1866 letter by Milton Leverett suggests the church was not burned in 1865 but instead gutted for materials to rebuild homes destroyed by Sherman's army, challenging the traditional narrative. I'd highly recommend a trip here if you are in the area and like things like this.

Always helpful and efficient! They seem happy to inform me of perhaps a better way to package my…read moremail and to select choice based on cost.

Their store phone# is 843 838 4426 This number is absent…read morefrom their online presence, meaning I had to drive all the way to their location from the corner of Fripp Island to get it from the postmaster herself. Here's the story if you're interested. My package gets marked as "undeliverable" at 12:43pm, I'm a renter at an address that doesn't have a mailbox, so I left instructions in Amazon to deliver to the garage. I spend a few minutes digging around the USPS website to find it's undeliverable because "number does not exist" and see that it's been "returned to sender". So I look up the store on google. The phone # listed is the USPS national#, not the store#. Call the national number, wade through the robotic operator for about 20 minutes trying all the options before I give up and just keep saying "speak to a representative" at every question and ignoring all the prompts. That works in about 2 minutes and I find out I'll be on hold for 30-45 minutes, and all I want is the phone# for this location, to which I can drive in less than that. So I stay on the line (just in case) and listen to the hold music on the 24 minute drive to the post office, into which I walk to find a lady who stares at me until I say something. "I need to track a package"... This begins a several minutes long process of her discovering it's not in the post office... and then calling the person who's out delivering packages. She speaks to that person for a minute, asks me "are you going back out to the house now?" to which I say "yes" and she says something else to the person on the phone and then hangs up. She turns to me and says "she said she'll bring it to you, she's in a grey van, just meet her out front". This prompts so many questions I struggle to formulate one of them and finally ask "wait, so I just go sit on my porch and wait until somebody hands me a package?" And she says "she'll be in a grey van" "Why didn't she just leave it at the garage like the directi..." "You gonna have to take that up with her" I left and then had the good sense to turn around in the door and say "can I please have your number? You're my only contact to this grey van person" and she gave me the # above. I proceeded to wait outside my house until 4:20 or so, (the post office closes at 4:30) and no grey van. So I call the number she gave me 6 times, each time ringing for about 2 minutes and then disconnecting, until 4:35pm (when it became evident she wasn't going to answer and had gone home for the day) I know she ignored the calls because back when I was at the post office, that entire conversation with the woman was laced with a constantly ringing phone which she ignored for the entire 5 minutes I was in the post office. I also in that 10 minute window received the busy signal twice. My phone listed it as the number for their store after I called it, meaning Google knows somewhere that it's their store#, it's just not listed in the places any logical adult would look for it. Long story short I still happen to be outside at 5:03 when the grey van does in fact show up. The lady inside the van tells me flatly "I don't deliver if you don't have a mailbox, you should put a mailbox in." She was nice enough but obviously wasn't going to have a conversation about how ridiculous her statement is when there are clear delivery instructions about how to deal with that scenario and FedEx, UPS, Amazon, and every other delivery company have no problem with this. So many easy solutions to this issue but thanks for wasting my whole afternoon, St. Helen's USPS. Post your stupid phone# online, not the corporate#. Also answer your stupid phone. Also just ask the lady why she didn't follow the delivery instructions while you're right there on the phone with her instead of making me ask her whenever the stars align for us to meet. Also follow the delivery instructions or don't ask for them. Anyways my toddler's $9 hair wax works fine. If I'd known it'd be $9 and 4 hours of my time, I'd have just shipped it to my own address in Virginia where we have a functional postal service.

They were sure to ask me if the products contained anything that couldn't be shipped.read more

I stopped in just to buy some stamps. It was a little hectic in here today. It is less than a week…read morebefore Christmas, so it to be expected. To add to it craziness their credit/debt was down and they announced that the computers were also really slow due to the increased holiday activity. These things made the long wait even longer. I'm a reasonable person that understands that these things are out of their control. They did have a good attitude (making jokes and singing Christmas carols) as they waited on customers. Which made a crazy visit a little nicer.