The Johnsons' Journal

After leaving Charleston, we stopped at the Angel Oak, which is a 1,500 year old live oak tree.  The oldest tree this side of the Mississippi, so they tell us.  And it was pretty impressive.

Angel Oak is old

We also made a stop for lunch in the town of Beaufort.  It was a cute little town with old Victorian homes, nice main street, and marina.

Chillin in Beaufort

Then we were off to Hilton Head Island for a few days thanks your friends, Pam and Aaron for letting us stay in the families condo on the Island.  We had a great time riding bikes around the island, cooking, and trying to catch crab.  We eventually caught a couple. First we caught a one clawed stone crab, then a small blue crab, which we tossed back in.  Then finally we caught a blue crab big enough to take home and cook.  While we were out there a fisherman saw the sad of shape we were in a gave us a redfish to cook up for dinner.  What a nice guy.

Our first attempt at crabbing

Finally catch something

Angry little guy

The island had lots of little shops and restaurants around the many marinas.  We stopped by Town Harbor because I wanted to see the lighthouse and needed a break from crabbing all morning.

Town Harbor

When we got home we cooked up the fish, crab, pasta, salad, and  bottle of wine.  We found a recipe for blacked redfish that turned out wonderfully.  Scott even did a great job filleting the fish.  And the crab was a bit feisty, but we got him into the pot with no injuries.   Thanks again to Pam and Aaron and family for a great stay on Hilton Head Island.

The dinner spread