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Bidding August farewell with one more Charleston Harbor sunrise.

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Tiny delicate white mushrooms.

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A good place to sit and watch the sunrise at Treehouse Island, overlooking the Edisto River.

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The Treehouse, Treehouse Island, South Carolina.

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A quick bowl of chili-mac for our dinner at Treehouse Island.

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The treehouse on Treehouse Island; the destination point after our 5.5 hour canoe trip on the Edisto River. Here is where we'll stay the night, then head back out the next day.

While it looks like a free-standing cabin on stilts, it is actually built upon and anchored to two large trees (one of which is dead and partially cut down) on either side with the lower platform built for stability and extra outdoor space.

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Its pretty cool to have this beauty so close. So many different and beautiful scenes along the Edisto River as we paddled on.

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On with our canoe trip...

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A scene along the Edisto River. I was taken by all the willows overhanging the river. If the water looks muddy, it's not. The river is stunningly clear, with a soft brown sandy bottom, so shallow in spots we bottomed out!

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Over the next few days, let me take you on a trip we did.

Unguided canoe trip down the Edisto River to a treehouse on an island where we spent the night.

What a fun adventure it was!

Say hello to one of the members that sent us on our way...

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Another gorgeous sunrise in the harbor on a misty morning.

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Sunrise at the Port of Charleston where BMW vehicles manufactured here in the Lowcountry await loading to be shipped to dealers far and wide. Ravenel bridge in the background.

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Imagine this fella's body the size of a matchbook, overall close to the size of a coffee mug. I happened upon him after being clotheslined in his web- not even breaking it! I knew right away what kind of web I just ran into, and carefully backed up as to avoid damaging it further. These webs can be some of the most stunningly beautiful webs to see. While the spider itself is fairly harmless, it can bite, injecting a non-lethal but painful venom. 

Sometimes referred to as silk orb-weavers, giant wood spiders or banana spiders (genus Nephila araneomorph).