Driving to the Edisto Island from Galax is a pretty nice drive.  The traffic is fast in NC and SC, and once you get on the side roads in South Carolina, you are surrounded by old growth, swamps, and awesome old plantations.   It is about a 5hr drive from my home in Pipers Gap, VA.  

I arrived around 7pm at the parking lot, and walked the half-mile or so it is to the Beach.  The walk is through a really pretty wetland.  The following is a cameraphone snap.

Edisto Beach Boneyard

Once on the beach, I headed down to the left of the entrance towards the bulk of the boneyard.  There are many possible compositions here, all changing with the rise and fall of the tide.  On my trip, both times at the beach were during low tide.  The sun at my back made for some nicely lit up trees out on the water.

Edisto Beach Boneyard

After the sun went down the darker blue sky started to really take over, making for some nice contrast between it and the fading pinks.

Edisto Beach Boneyard

Edisto Beach Boneyard

After the sun went down, I headed into Edisto Beach and grabbed some grub.  I then parked at the gate to the entrance of Botany Bay(where boneyard beach is) and made myself as comfortable as possible for a really warm night in the back of the Ford.  During the drive there, little frogs with some insanely high vertical leaping ability would be crossing the road.  One stayed long enough for me to get out the camera-phone and snap a shot of him lit up with a mag-lite. 

Edisto Beach Boneyard

After that, I rolled the windows down a touch a fell asleep listing to the frogs and bugs play a swamp song.  I was actually surprised at how loud it was in the swamp.

After a night of listening to that, I patiently waited for the gate to open again and headed back in for a nice sunrise.

Edisto Beach Boneyard Edisto Beach Boneyard

Then after a quick swim in a perfectly temperature regulated Atlantic Ocean, and after getting destroyed by a million bugs(even after another photographer gave me some Repel) I bailed.  I'll take more in the winter:)