Adams RVing Adventures: Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, SC

Today we also visited Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, SC. This plantation dates back to the early 1700's and is still a working plantation today. The plantation was heavily destroyed by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and they lost 4,000 of their 4,500 pecan trees, along with the 14 wooden slave cabins that were still in existence at that time. There are still 9 brick slave cabins on the property and each one holds a display that tells about a different aspect of slavery. There is a salt water marsh that runs along one side of the property and a fresh water lake on the other side. We did see a couple of 1-year-old alligators in the lake. I also saw some egrets and jumping fish in the salt water marsh. The fish would jump 5-6 feet out of the water, but I could NOT catch one with my camera even though I stayed there for about 45 minutes trying to get a good shot of them. They also had a lady that gave a presentation on the "Gullah Culture", which was the language the slaves developed to communicate with one another. She was very informative and entertaining. It was in the 80's today and extremely humid. It was not at all comfortable to be out walking around the plantation. We could not take any pictures inside the mansion since it is a private residence. I feel if they are charging $17.50 to tour this place, you should be able to take pictures inside the mansion. If it is a private residence, why are they letting people tour it every day? Just one of my pet peeves about different places we have visited. There were many beautiful wildflower fields on the property and the road leading up to the mansion is called the "Avenue of Oaks", which is lined on both sides with huge live oak trees that were planted in 1743 by Major John Boone's son. They are perfectly evenly spaced on each side of the road. This plantation has been shown in movies and on TV. The mini-series "North & South" starring Patrick Swayze was filmed here.