Colleton South Carolina

Colleton State Park is pretty small, but it is nice. We seem to be beyond the yellow fly and mosquito area now so sitting outside is WONDERFUL! The park has terrific wifi, which is always a plus. Just a relaxing place to be.

The nearby town is good place to visit. We drove out to Anderson Field where the Tuskegee airmen trained. It was also a general training field during WWII, a camouflage school, along with a POW camp for captured Germans.

Colleton Museum was neat. It seems to be that everyone was asked to donate or loan something to the museum, but the quality of the items are high. Plus there are frequently stories to go with the items. The light colored dress on the left was worn by the SC senator’s wife to the JFK inauguration ball.

Apparently the sharks were big around here back millions of years ago.

This pottery is called Dave Pot. It was made by a slave named Dave in 1857. Dave signed the pot, which was unusual to allow a slave to write. It was purchased by someone local. The whole concept of displaying items that have been passed down in the family made by a slave seems bizarre but hey, the pink and green ceramic parrot I have from an aunt is kind of bizarre too.