Route 174 is the road that thousands of tourists a year take to get to Edisto Beach. Route 174 travels in a meandering direction under an ancient live oak canopy and past small homes, prayer chapels, churches, and country stores. SC 174 serves as the primary spine road for Edisto Island, with smaller country roads and lanes intersecting the route, leading to more distant areas of the island. In 2009, the US Department of Transportation declared that a 17-mile stretch of SC 174 on Edisto Island be designated as a National Scenic Byway.
There are currently 37 caches on the 3 1/2 mile long island of Edisto Beach. There are currently only 13 caches on the 25 mile drive down Route 174 to Edisto Beach. I plan on hiding several more caches along the smaller country roads intersecting Route 174. POINT OF PINES is the first of the caches I will be hiding. It is hidden near a restaurant and store that I highly recommend you stop at while visiting Edisto.
This cache contains a log, pencil and a travel bug that I retrieved from a cache in Nassau, Bahamas a few days ago while cruising with the GeoCachers of the Midlands. Good Luck, and enjoy your trip to Edisto!
CONGRATULATIONS TO EDISTO PATTO ON THE FTF!