Is it travel, or is it a lifestyle?  I live here, but I never take this astounding natural beauty for granted.  Shem Creek is one of the most gorgeous places I’ve seen, and I get to call it home.  It’s my lifestyle, yet it’s a destination many people travel to.  Shem Creek is but one slice of the pie called Charleston.  Life on the creek, whether shrimping, fishing, boating, or any myriad other outdoor activities, is truly a way of life here.  It’s the early morning sound of tiny crabs scurrying out of your way if you’re in their pluff mud.  And that mud. . . it is the smell of home: Eau de Pluff.  There’s no other smell like it.  It’s how you know you’re here.

This past Sunday morning, I woke up at 5:20 am and my little voice told me to take my coffee to go, and walk down along the newly-completed Shem Creek pier.  It was worth getting up just for that 80 degree sunrise breeze.  And to watch the way the early morning light played against the creek, the shrimping boats, the restaurants.  Take a look . . .

IMG_6847

IMG_6826

Sunrise and still creek waters before restaurants get jam-packed.

IMG_6812

More glorious sun rising.

IMG_6819

Beautiful piers evidently have beautiful trash receptacles.

IMG_6810

Early morning shrimpers casting their nets. Shrimp were running, too!

IMG_6825

Downstairs at Vickery’s by early morning light.

IMG_6793

This is a shot of the back of my neighborhood. The red roof is probably the largest house. Oh, the fantastic sunrises this home must see!

IMG_6791

Looking across Shem Creek at Old Village homes.

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This