Myrtle Beach 2017 Day 20 Tuesday

After our morning exercise we drove down to Pawley's Island to visit Brookgreen Gardens. which we had visited many years ago.

Brookgreen has a few distinctive areas. The first is a small zoo of native S.C. animals.

This alligator is over 70 years old and is huge.

Brookgreen used to be a rice plantation, and slaves did the hard work of growing the rice.

This huge ponded area used to be a rice field - now it attracts  a bunch of waterfowl.

Brookgreen Gardens was founded in 1931 by the Huntington family.

It contains over 1400 outdoor sculptures in a garden setting. Definitely worth a visit!