Sometimes, you've got to put up with a little mud and a little rain to find Heaven.
I met with a gentleman Thursday morning, so that I could preview his creek-front property on St. Helena Island. I had never been to this particular locale. The weather was overcast and drizzly. Okay, that's euphemistic. It was just flat-out miserable.
But it was also one of the best moments of a very busy week for me.
If you're familiar with the works of Pat Conroy, you are familiar with the Lowcountry of the Meechams and the Wingos, the fictional characters based on the author's own tormented family. In The Great Santini, Beach Music and The Prince of Tides, Conroy tells us of life in his Beaufort, SC, the Lowcountry of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
On Thursday, as I stood in the rain and the mud and surveyed the property, I felt as if I had been cast back into the boyhood of Pat Conroy. The creek snaked through the marsh, past the property. The gigantic and majestic oaks were festooned with moss. In the distance, and through the morning mist, loomed Parris Island, the iconic Marine Recruiting Depot featured in The Great Santini.
The Lowcountry is a big, beautiful place, and there is always some little hidden gem of a location just waiting to be discovered.
Please click the link to view my video of the property --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM7GWyl-URM&feature=channel_page