Loggerhead Turtles on Pritchard's Island

My family & I were very fortunate to be able to participate in the University of South Carolina's Loggerhead Turtle Project on Pritchard's Island for many years. We assisted in relocating Loggerhead Turtle eggs from their precarious nests into raccoon proof hatcheries where the eggs could incubate in the warm sand.

Later in the year, we returned and assisted the hatchlings down the beach and into the water. This was an experience of a lifetime. I shall always remember the majesty of those huge, ancient creatures digging their nests and laying their leathery eggs in the quiet of the night. Their trail up the beach wildly resembling tractor tracks. And not to be forgotten, the baby turtles fighting against all odds in their determined march to the sea.

I have led a charmed life.