The Fabulous Flavors of Fall
In October, local estuaries become a 24-hour all-you-can-eat seafood buffet Fall is hands down the best time to be in the Lowcountry. The water is still warm and it’s hot enough to enjoy a beach day without the full summer sauna effect. As an ecotour company, we work...
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Truly One of Folly’s Finest
Meet Ursula Brisson, maker of clean homes, JEllo Shot cakes and Popsicles for dogs When I think of the quintessential “Folly Girl”, Ursula Brisson is one of the first people who come to mind. So I find it funny that when she first moved here, she was sitting at Planet...
Salt Marsh Diaries — August 2017
Tangier Islanders mostly crab for a living. Small wooden crab shacks, built on stilts above the shallow bay, huddle about the east-west channel on the north end of Tangier. One or several workboats float (or flounder) alongside each crab shack. Below a church steeple...
August Fishing Report
By Captain Geoff Bennett | Charleston Charter Fishing Charleston is a great place to be fishing! No matter what type of fish you want to catch, they are all active and biting. Fishing for redfish and trout remains strong even with increasingly warmer water...
One of Folly’s Greatest Finds
Discovering the 55th, 30 Years Later In June 1987, relic hunters Robert Bohrn and Eric Croen uncovered the find of a lifetime. Following the tracks of a bulldozer clearing the way for houses on present day West Indian Avenue, their metal detectors alerted them to the...
Behind The Camera
A Chat With Local photographer Blair Stevenson Her name is Toma Carolyn Blair Yokley Stevenson, but most of us just call her Blair. In the five years she has been living on the island, she has, along with her boisterous other half Roger Rutledge, become an integral...
Folly Fishing Report — June 2017
By Captain Geoff Bennett | Charleston Charter Fishing It’s a fantastic time to be fishing here in Charleston! The usual suspects, redfish and trout, are now complimented by a host of seasonal species including spanish mackerel, ladyfish, and sharks. Combined with...
Salt Marsh Diaries — June 2017
From The Mountains To The Sea Every grain of sand has a story to tell The early morning sun angled across a wide low-tide beach. Symmetrical wave-derived ripples cast striped shadows across the sand. Five brown pelicans surfed the wave troughs, practically skimming...
Outstanding In His Field — June 2017
Work Smart, Not Hard “Man, do I hate weed-eating!” exclaims my neighbor one afternoon. I just smiled in agreement and said, “Yep.” I’m sure he hates it with a passion. Especially since he waited until 1pm on a blazing hot day to tackle it. He was wearing shorts and...
Folly Flashback — May 2017
Off The Beaten Path Union troops created folly’s first roads The first roads on Folly Island were cut by Union troops camped there during the Civil War. Thanks to the barrier island’s thick foliage and high canopy, the North was able to move troops and artillery...
There Will Be Blood
Dave miller heads up Folly blood drive I do not, in spite of how it may seem to me at times, know every person that lives on Folly Beach. So one of the great things about interviewing neighbors every month is getting to meet the interesting Folly folks that I have...