Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Congaree National Park

On Friday, 3/20 we flew in to Columbia, SC, and then headed to Myrtle Beach on Saturday. We stopped of at Congaree National Park on the way.

It was an interesting park, which is basically on old-growth forest...never been cut down. It is very marshy, with lots of standing water. This is why there is a Mosquito Meter at the visitor center. Thankfully, it was rated as Mild while we were there. I don't think I would be spending much time at this park in the summer, when I'm sure the mosquitos are much worse.

We took a peaceful walk around the 2.5 mile boardwalk. It was a beautiful day and the scenery was great.









These are palmettos, the state tree of South Carolina.















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