Take a Sonic Trip to Beaufort Lowcountry, South Carolina

Here, you’re in the midst of a great maritime forest, with twisted oaks and lagoons. My morning ritual is to go swimming with the sun as it rises, five or six times a week. The dolphins come close to the shore — it’s so thrilling.

One of the most beautiful things down here is to be out on the water; the fishing is a big thing. And the sounds that come with that — the reels themselves, and the fishermen calling, or children screaming because of the fish they're bringing in.

The island is very quiet. It's not teeming or bustling, although the skies are busy as birds migrate. Pelican Point is so called because you see a lot of pelicans up and down there at certain times of the year. We have estuaries on our island, with all kinds of wildlife busily passing through.

All around the islands are brooks and inlets, protected ecosystems. When the tide goes out, you can hear air coming through the pluff mud up to the surface. Pluff is tidal mud. And so there's this popping sound. It’s the crabs under the mud breathing.

They come for the natural beauty. They come for nature; they come for the ocean. They come for the trees. They come for the quiet. They come for the food; they come for the Gullah. And people are drawn to Hunting Island for the healing.