We continued on to Tybee Island to see the lighthouse. It was built in 1867 and is supposed to be the tallest and oldest in South Carolina.The lower 60 feet of the lighthouse was built in 1773. Pretty scenery.
We also stopped to tour the Fort Pulaski National Monument. There is a long history of forts in this location – first Fort George in 1761, followed by Fort Greene from 1794-95. During the Revolutionary War, American patriots demolished the Fort Greene to keep it from falling to the British. Then Fort Greene was destroyed by a hurricane in 1804. It took 18 years to construct Fort Pulaski, beginning in 1829. It is shaped in a kind of irregular pentagon and is surrounded by a 7 foot deep, 32-48 feet wide moat and has a drawbridge.
The picture above is a demilune, a large triangular piece of land bordered on all side by the moat. It protected the rear, or gorge wall of the fort. During the Civil War, this area was flat with a surrounding parapet and contained outbuildings and storage sheds.
This portion of the fort was pretty interesting. It is the Southwest Bastion which burned in an 1895 fire. It was left unrestored to show various construction details of the fort. We spent a couple hours before getting back on the road.
Penny enjoyed watching over Tobey’s shoulder as we arrived in South Carolina.
We are camped at the James Island County Park. It is a very large campground with over 100 sites – all with full hookups!
We took the scooter and went to dinner at the Roadside Seafood Restaurant. We had a variety of their fish/shrimp tacos. They put a “BAM” sauce on them that was so spicy, I could hardly eat them! They sure look good, though! Tomorrow we will take the scooter into Charleston to tour the historic part of the city. I am sure it will be another busy day!
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