We have made another move to another beach park in the Carolina “Low Country.” We enjoyed some five days at Huntington Beach. The weather varied from almost warm to quite chilly. The campground is relatively open, a wide clearing in a low pine back flat forest, and we chose an open campsite to collect as much sun as possible. Other campers backed their motor homes and tents under the gracious live oaks. Here the forest is a simple woods with a live oak, laurel oak, and loblolly pine canopy over an understory of yaupon holly, wax myrtle, and juniper. A trail to the beach takes us through this maritime forest, across a bridge over a narrow cattail-filled lagoon, and over three narrow grass-covered dunes. The natural beach is narrow at high tide but opens a broad window onto the sea. The ocean has less energy here than at Hatteras and seems peaceful even in winter. We walk the beach a mile to Murrell’s Inlet and its jetty twice during our stay to watch red-throated and common loons diving in the channel, and Bonaparte’s gulls and horned grebes in the sea beyond. Other walkers join us in the quest of the jetty, fishermen, dog-walkers, and lovers. Our stay was uneventful. We shopped in the popular Myrtle Beach area and could see high-rises north and south from the jetty. Still, Huntington Beach remains a quiet getaway between the more crowded beaches. Today we drove southwest through coastal forest and marshes. We crossed the Charleston metropolis. We have a relationship with this town where Alex went to college and enjoyed a brief glimpse of it. A bit further down the shore is Hilton Head Island. Like Myrtle Beach it is another overdeveloped coastal area. The campground here is in a live oak and sable palm hammock between the beach and salt marshes. Scattered large southern Magnolia trees add to its charm. The foliage seems much more tropical than that of Huntington Beach. We were hopping for warmer weather here, but a hard freeze is forecast for tonight and tomorrow night. Then may the warming trend begin. We were disappointed to find that we can stay only until Saturday. That was a surprise. We called last week and were told that there was plenty of space. We will have to be more careful about reservations from here on out. With our schedule now demanding that we leave Florida before the end of April, we will arrive there in March, and March and even April are busy there. Alas, it is harder being a gypsy in the East than in the West.