Atalaya

So I wound up heading for the beach; who can stay In a foul mood sitting by the sea, right? Landed at Huntington Beach on the South Carolina coast, former winter home for Archer  Huntington and his wife Anna Hyatt who was ill with consumption. He was said to be generous with his robber baron father's money and spent quite large sums of it on building this giant rendition of a Spanish fortress in the moorish style; designed strictly in his head with only oral instructions given to the workers. He intentionally hired only local workers and took so long to build the house and the enormous sculpture garden across the highway he kept a sizable portion of the locals working all during the depression years. It sat empty for years and took a beating from nature and vandals until finally the land was donated to the state to make a park. Nice campground right on the beach and both were dog friendly so when it showed up on a search for a beach for me and the dog I remembered researching Atalaya after finding it on google satellite searches of the east coast years ago. From the satt pics it looked deserted and in need of some creepy crawling, haha; even though you can't get in at night it's still pretty damn awesome sittin on the veranda, bellyful of rum and listenin to the sea wind moanin through the place while the milky way stretches above you horizon to horizon...