Life Down Here...

I'm getting used to the Low Country.

The other day I took a walk and found myself analyzing the deer tracks on the side of the road, separating the doe from the buck tracks, and trying to figure out how big the bucks were that passed by. Wow! That's cool. Didn't do that in New York.

Later that day, I went on a horse cart ride and we saw a covey of vultures sitting on a fence near the side of the road. There were 9.

And, then last night, I went to a friend's house to have dinner. We ate alligator -- one that was taken, about 11 feet long. The meat came from the sides of the tail. It tasted like tough chicken, in a delicious lemon/lime marinade.

Then we had elk meat from the grill. It was amazing -- my favorite meat. And, I know it was healthy -- because my host killed it, hung and dressed it, and packaged it himself.

He told us about raking littleneck clams. I'm looking forward to clamming, crabbing and shrimping. There sure are a lot of natural food sources down here!

PS. One of the guests told me that he reads this blog! I'm going to commit, right here, to being more regular about my postings. Stay tuned...