♪ gentle music ♪ Y'all, I am so excited today.

For starters, we are spending the day on Daufuskie Island, a small barrier island just outside of Hilton Head, and secondly, I get to explore said island on horseback.

You know, a lot of people say that on Daufuskie time stands still, and that's because the people here work to preserve the rich heritage of the island, and one of the ways that they do that is accessibility, so the only way you can get there is by boat.

So, let's go for it!

♪ Y'all, we just ferried over, and we are at the Haig Point Equestrian Center.

This is Rachel.

Rachel, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do here on Daufuskie?

<Rachel> Yes, so I run the Equestrian Center here at Haig Point and our Daufuskie Trail Rides program.

So, I've lived on Daufuskie for 12 years with my husband.

<Devyn> Oh, you're a resident!

Wow, lucky you!

<Rachel> I'm a resident.

Yes, it's a beautiful place.

<Devyn> This place, just being here from the ferry ride over is pretty special.

What would you say makes it unique to South Carolina, and what can people experience on Daufuskie?

<Rachel> So Daufuskie, from our experience is probably one of the most unique places on the southeast coast.

We do travel a lot, and this place is like no other.

Because there's no bridge, you're going to experience a lifestyle and even a day where you're not going to have the commercialization or some of the development that you would expect in the Lowcountry like Hilton Head and Bluffton.

So, Daufuskie's kind of like stepping back in time, so not only is it naturally beautiful, it's also got the old dirt roads.

People usually get around by golf carts, and so that's unique.

There's some neat art galleries as well as the historic trails to see.

So there's just a lot of things that are a little off the beaten path.

We call it like a really unique place.

<Devyn> Awesome!

So you have brought up horses a couple of times.

Is that something that I might be able to experience today?

>> Absolutely!

So horses are a big part of not only Daufuskie Island history, but a big part of our program here.

So, we have 16 trail horses which anyone can come and take a ride on, and so we're going to get to take you out on our ocean front ride which is alongside the beach because we protect the loggerhead nesting season by not riding on the beach during the summer and then back on the beach in the fall.

So yes, we can certainly go do that.

<Devyn> Awesome!

Well, let's go for it!

♪ Are we best friends?

Did we just become best friends?

[laughs] ♪ For a place so small and wonderfully untouched by the modern world, there's a lot to do here on Daufuskie.

It's kind of magic from the natural beauty to it's stories and unexpected adventures.

I'm so glad that I got to discover it today.

I will definitely be back.

And... if my adventures today inspire you to try something new, well, just go for it!

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