Re: Johnson Creek Tavern is pretty good

A few things....

Bite the bullet and rent a golf cart. Trust me on this.

Mule in your food, beer, likker, hookers, blow, and the like. It's a long fugging ways back to the g-store in Beaufort. Ideally you'll not have to drive there one single time.

I think there are restaurants there butt I've never even attempted to go to one. My assumption is that you will wait way too long in line and get a "meh" meal.

Bar? Lol. The whole place pretty much shuts down at about dark:45.

There's a golf course there that's over $100. It's a very decent course.

You can catch crabs there if you take the right stuff and figure it out. Literally. Like animal crabs from the ocean kinda crabs. Prolly CANNOT catch hooker crabs unless you bring it with you.

They have swimming pools, tennis courts, etc. around there too. You have to pay for access though...and your place may or may not have the access. In other words, if the home owners do not have access to passes you are out of luck. If they do they may have included in the price of your home if not you'll have to pay extra.

Fripp is a solid place to relax, unplug, hang out with fam, and get rest. Not much else going on.

And deer. You will see deer there.

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Jun 7, 2016, 8:11 AM

grew up going to Holden Beach every June. Went from there to Hilton Head in the 90's when I was actually good at golf and a bit more social. Now I go to Fripp every year or two (mostly every year). If you're looking for places to hang out and be social, Fripp's probably not gonna quench your thirst. If you're looking to spend some time on the beach, at the Marsh, feeding deer, and fishing/crabbing without many people bugging you, you'll probably love it.

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#1) Bring a bag of shelled corn, keep a big cup of it in your golf cart, and just ride around. The deer will eat out of your hand. People will call you a white trash redneck behind your back, but you'll have a good time, so fuck em. You'll probably also spot a few gators, especially in the ponds around Ocean Creek, so if your wife has a yappy lap dog or an incontinent cocker spaniel, now is the time to throw the fetch toy over to the gator and watch snack time commence. The house I go to is on the marsh, and has a private back yard with a screened in porch, so I also put the corn out around the back of the porch and sit back there and drink and watch deer and coons (no offense, Obed) eat at night.

#2) As far as restaurants go- there are only 2 on the island (Springtide and Bonito Boathouse), and neither is really worth it in my opinion. You will hear alot of people say Shrimp Shack, but I was underwhelmed there too. Bella Luna is a good way inland, but my one trip was a positive experience. Most people go all the way back to Beaufort and eat at Saltus or Breakwater. Dockside was decent for me too, but I got drunk so who knows.

#3) Golf- there are two courses on Fripp- Ocean Point is a beachfront golf course- excellent course, very difficult on a windy day. Ocean Creek is a Davis Love III design on the Marsh- some scenes from Forrest Gump in Vietnam were filmed there. Both courses and all restaurants on the island require having an amenity card (which I see you have).

#4) Fishing and crabbing. There are several locations- pier at Hunting Island, bridge leading to the Davis love golf course, crabbing docks in Sawgrass subdivision and Fiddlers Ridge subdivision, pier at skull inlet, or of course, bring or charter a boat.

#5) Tennis and bike riding- I do neither, but lots of people there do.

#6) oh yeah, there is a beach with strange milf teddies and debutante 20 yr old teddies who are there with daddy warbucks. Also, if desperate, common wife teddies will suffice- although, since you said you've been beach going for 50 years, that may not be as exciting for you anymore.

#7) drunk

#8) boardwalk and kayaking in marsh/ponds on Hunting Island

#9) If you hunt, and you are going during deer season, PM me and I will tell you about a nearby public land honey hole that very few people know about.

#10) take the milk out of the freezer.

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Migrating south to a new beach for our crew...

lowcountry produce in beaufort

HAY I'M GOING TO FRIPP THIS YEAR TOO!

We'll be down there for a weekend at the end of July

I would have to feel almost positively certain that you're

Dude. We could TOTALLY be there at the same time.

Me too.

Yeah umm that's ghana make motorboatin tough

Lots of good food in Beaufort.

second on saltus

Since I don't play the turntables, I skip any venues that

basically marines and USC-B sloots

Steamer on Lady's Island

Le lunge delivers... TIL:

you forgot about the hookers and blow and molly

Hmm... headed to Red Rocks the following weekend***

Also a cool thing to do one night...

are you ICT's scok?

We like Fripp a lot....

@HuntFishTigers @Flow0440 ... Thx for the 411!***

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