SINHG Sign-up Deadline is Friday, July 29

It’s that time of year again! SINHG planners have been working feverishly to put together an astounding 42 outings for your perusal. Apologies—we had originally boasted 43, but the closing of Southern Seasons in Mt. Pleasant left us one cooking class short of a loaf. As always the trips run a gamut of interests. There’s a little something for everyone. including 14 never-before-offered junkets. The complete list is available online at the SINHG website (www.sinhg.org), but we’d like to take a moment to highlight a few special items here.

We have several outings that are based on Seabrook and Johns Island. You can learn about the history and cultivation of Sea Island Cotton on right here on Jenkins Point, go birding with David Gardner at Camp St. Christopher, watch bird banding on Captain Sam’s Spit with Aaron Givens of the Kiawah Conservancy, and explore Deveaux Bank right off the coast of Seabrook. We’re offering back-to-back ‘Behind the Scenes at Seabrook’ tours for all of you who’d like to know more about the infrastructure of our island and what those ubiquitous Interliner trucks are doing. New trip leader Shaun Sullivan and his wife Sarah will host a fun afternoon of cheese-making with the Jeremiah Farms ‘Goat Lady’, at their lovely Bohicket Creek home. And lastly, for history buffs we offer a bus trip ‘War on the Islands’ with well-known historian, author, and consummate storyteller, Doug Bostick.

In addition we’ve planned plenty of uptown/downtown tours, cooking classes, black water paddles, visits to the new Gibbes and Gaillard, what-have you. Our boat trip on the Tail Race Canal through the mammoth lock on Lake Moultrie deserves special mention, as do all our holiday happenings, including the Progressive Dinner. It’s all at your fingertips, so come join the fun. Go to http://www.sinhg.com for a complete listing, signup directions, and membership forms (it’s time to renew now!). Or contact one of our trip planning chairs, Kathy Pompe (kpompe@fmarion.edu; 843-768-5372) or Julia Thogmartin (juliathogmartin@gmail.com; 740-501-8154) for information and forms. Please remember that the deadline is Friday, July 29th. We’re sorry, but selections submitted by hand or postmarked after that date will have no priority.

Submitted by

Carol Bane