Today after church, John and I headed out to Angel Oak to have a picnic. Angel Oak is a famous live oak tree on John's Island that is 1,500 years old (supposedly the oldest thing, living or man-made, east of the rockies). I've been wanting to see the tree for a while now, so I packed a picnic lunch for John and I to have a Sunday afternoon date.
Unfortunately, we got to the tree about noon and it doesn't open until 1 pm on Sundays (yes, the tree has hours. It needs its rest, too.)
So we took our picnic to a nearby park and lunched there while we waited.
Yum! Sandwiches and pasta salad!
The weather was actually very nice in the shade and we enjoyed sitting by the quite pond and chatting over our lunch. Plus it was free! Hooray for cheap dates!
After a nice lingering lunch in the shade, we headed back to the tree. And here she is:
Oooo! Twisty!
We were actually very surprised at how not-tall the tree was. What it lacks in height it makes up for in canopy though. We learned the live oak has a diameter of spread reaching 160 feet and the trunk's circumference is nearly 25 feet.
While we were at the beautiful site, we also had a mini photo shoot because I need a new "Letter from the Editor" picture for my new job. My first issue as editor of Where Charleston magazine comes out in September! Woohoo!
One attempt during the photo shoot. It was actually very challenging to get a shot that didn't have a ton of tourists in the background.
John and all his tourist friends
Crazy tree limbs everywhere!
What a great afternoon in Angel Oak's shade.
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