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64,000-acre Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge. It was classified as Category I, a classification reserved for the most pristine areas, untouched by humans. Even now, his words ring in my ears, “Anything you take onto the island, bring it back with you.” Bull Island still calls my name, and Crolley is still there to ferry me over. Not only a naturalist, now a Captain, he owns Coastal Expeditions. His love for the area shows in his words and his eyes. Garden & Gun magazine named Crolley “one of South Carolina’s most knowledgeable naturalists.”

Picture blue skies, puffy clouds, sandy beaches, eagles soaring overhead, maritime forests that extend to the edge of the Atlantic, whelk shells and sand dollars. Can you describe a more perfect day? Escape to a deserted island, safe in the knowledge that the pontoon will pick you up at the end of the day. Memories drift by on the breeze. I imagine a tune in my head: “Nothing Could be Finer Than to be in Carolina.” I remember a gorgeous spring day 25 years ago when I fell in love with Bull Island. Naturalist Chris Crolley described it as the gem of

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