Angel Oak

We crossed the Stono River outside of Charleston one afternoon to go see a tree on John's Island. As we got closer we realized everyone else had the same idea on a Friday afternoon...not to see the tree but to go to the coastal islands.

Down an out of the way dirt road on John's Island you can find tourists gawking at the perhaps largest Live Oak tree in America. We, of course, took our turn.

There is no way to get the entire tree in one picture.

Giant cables help to hold the limbs in place and lightening rods assure the tree won't be damaged. Leon is dwarfed under one of the limbs that arches to lie on the ground.

We took a different route back across the Stono reflecting upon how fun it was to find a geocache while visiting the Angel Oak.