Comments on: Angel Oak Johns Island http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/charleston-county/angel-oak.html/angel-oak-johns-island The purpose of the South Carolina Picture Project is to celebrate the beauty of the Palmetto State while preserving some of its vanishing landscapes. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Rutledge Etheridge Jr http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/charleston-county/angel-oak.html/angel-oak-johns-island/comment-page-1/#comment-12200 Rutledge Etheridge Jr Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:02:08 +0000 http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/wp-content/uploads/angel-oak-johns-island.jpg#comment-12200 What a tree, and what a treat!
More than fifty years ago, I was a student at James Island Elementary School, living at nearby Folly Beach. I have not seen Angel Oak since then, but had heard around 1980 (on a trip to Charleston) that someone had bought the land, and sealed it off from visitors. I was heartbroken to hear that!

My introduction to Angel Oak occurred on a fifth-grade field trip. I had never, and still have never, seen anything like that great tree. Somewhere there are pictures of our class scooting up some of the horse-width limbs that rest on the ground and deliver one safely to the heart of that grand creation of God. There could be fifty or sixty of us (classes together) on one limb, and another sixty on another. I am SO glad that the tree is still there, and hope that it is open to the many folks who love that amazing, child-friendly, unforgettable, and venerable part of South Carolina’s charm.

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