Dar & Deb at home......and away: Brookgreen Gardens day 2

We returned to Brookgreen Gardens again today. We enjoyed their river boat tour and learned more about the history of the south and the role of African slaves in creating the rice plantations and fortunes for the elite who owned the plantations. We saw a handful of alligators in the river/canal and on the banks sunning. We enjoyed strolling through many of the gardens checking out the many statues and water features. Our highlight of the day was spotting some Eastern Fox squirrels. We were surprised by the variety of colour and Deb loved the mulitcoloured feet on the one in the tree. We also toured the historic city of Georgetown checking out many of the very old buildings there. There were quite a few from the 1700s. They lost a downtown block to fire last month but many of those businesses have already relocated and are once again operating. I was surprised that even the oldest of buildings really didn't look old, I guess they are just well maintained.