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Have you considered hiking in South Carolina? With such impressive biodiversity, the Palmetto State is a hiker's paradise. Don't let inclement weather put you off the best hiking trails in the nation. Slip on your toughest pants and your windbreakers or jackets and explore the whole of this beautiful state from the mountains of the upstate to the lowlands of the coast. Three wonderful locations you may consider visiting for a memorable hike are: Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve, Congaree National Park, and Audobon’s Francis-Beidler Forest. Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve Since gold was first discovered in Kershaw in 1825, people have flocked to the town to exploit the treasures provided by the local igneous rocks. In the Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve you'll find another treasure of the local geology—a huge granite... read more


McLeod Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina McLeod Plantation was another one of Joan's bucket list rebellion items, but it fit perfectly with the Fort Sumter National Monument. So I'm not complaining at all - I'll explain. We took an hour long guided tour through the plantation escorted by a slight wisp of a young woman who had perfected a very powerful and moving story explaining a lot of what we could see with history that wasn't at all obvious. She had an excellent command of the raw data, able to recite the plantation production statistics of 1860 giving the talk a foundation of economic reality. At the same time, she was able to weave in the personal stories of people who had lived on the plantation over the course of nearly 150 years. She has even spent ... read more
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James Island County Park, Charleston, South Carolina We took another day off yesterday and really didn't do much. Did a couple loads of laundry (well, in all fairness, Joan did a couple loads of laundry and I just helped carry it back and forth, which was all the way across the road at the bathhouse!). We managed to take the dogs over to the huge dog park that is part of this campground. In addition to several acres of fenced off land for the dogs to run loose, they have a large reservoir with three sandy beaches where the dogs can get in the water. Fleur isn't inclined that way, preferring to run. But Smoochie likes to wade up to where her body begins (just a few inches). Also took a long nap and did whatever ... read more
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Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, South Carolina Ended up Trump didn't shut down the government quite yet - we apparently get another week or so. But there was a surreal quality to viewing Sumter, with all its civil war importance, at the same time that we are dealing with Trump and the expression of right wing politics. After going to graduate school forty years ago in North Carolina, I understood that the civil war was by no means over. And here we are now in the center of red-state country while the ongoing fight continues. It was interesting and a bit thrilling to stand in the center of Fort Sumter yesterday. To actually be in the spot where the civil war finally ignited in bloody violence is a bit humbling. In the wee hours of the ... read more
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James Island County Park, Charleston, South Carolina We packed up, hitched up, said our goodbyes to Georgia, and moved 125 miles north and a bit east in South Carolina. We finished our Georgia bucket list and also took a delightful culinary tour in Savannah. Ocmulgee gave us insight into prehistoric times, while Forts Frederica and Pulaski updated the history to include colonial and civil war eras. Cumberland Island, however, was probably my highlight. Not just because we didn't get to see it all, but because there is so much to see, that national seashore remains on a round II list. I am especially interested in the unique geography that creates unusual barrier islands and extreme tides on the Georgia coast. But we can't stay in one place forever, so we've moved up the coastline to the ... read more
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Charleston, South Carolina 23rd April Charleston We passed into Charleston harbour with Fort Sumter on our port side and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on the starboard side and Patriots Point. Fort Sumter is where the first shots of the Civil war were fired back in 1861 (April 12th to be precise). Charleston is defined by its cobblestone streets, horse drawn carriages and its pre Civil War Houses and architecture. The houses in the French Quarter and Battery district reflect the pre war houses. Sunday and the shops don't open till 12 noon, as we were told at the first museum we came across at the old Exchange. Still a pleasant walk up to the Four Corners of Law and a small park. At one entrance a young girl outside her grandparents house selling lemonade for ... read more
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North America » United States » South Carolina » Charleston October 21st 2016

We so lucked out with the weather on this voyage. From the time we departed Cartagena we kept an eye on Tropical Depression Julia, or as Captain Teo called her “our lovely Ms. Juliette.” He was hoping that Romeo would come and steal her away. But she developed into a Tropical Storm as she went in circles off the Carolina coast for three days. Finally, just before our arrival in Charleston, Julia fell to pieces and drifted off. So the predicted deluge that was to greet us in Charleston morphed into a bright, sunny day. Charleston was quite a surprise. What a lovely place. We had cruised through here back in 1998 when we swapped boats with friends and took their Krogen Manatee from Lake Okeechobee to Annapolis for Kevin's 30th USNA reunion. It was a ... read more
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