Author Archives: The Beaver Family

For the past three years, Sage has been going to a school out in the Horrell Hill area, off of 378 headed towards Sumter. I knew that Poinsett State Park was down 378 a few miles, so after picking up Sage this Friday afternoon, we kept going down to the community of Wedgefield to findContinue reading “Poinsett State Park (SC21 – Wedgefield)”

One of the closest parks to us here in Columbia, Dreher Island is the only current state park located on Lake Murray. As I was typing this post, I did a quick search on the history of the lake. The lake was created in the late 1920s and, like many other man-made lakes here inContinue reading “Dreher Island State Park (SC20 – Prosperity)”

First, I’ll start out by asking, “How can I have grown up in SC and never have visited here?” Charles Towne Landing commemorates the site where the first English settlers to the area established their first town(e), which would eventually turn in to South Carolina’s first capital. This is a very well established park, withContinue reading “Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site (SC19 – Charleston)”

It’s been a minute since the Beavers got out to enjoy a state park. This is because we spent almost three weeks this summer in South Africa. It was the trip of a lifetime for sure, and we visited four national parks there (Table Mountain, Cape Agulhas, Addo Elephant, and Kruger); however, if you wantContinue reading “Edisto Beach State Park (SC18 – Edisto Island)”

Having enjoyed a quick visit to Andrew Jackson State Park, the Beavers + our friends Kimberly, Andy, Nicholas, and Timothy set out for our fourth and final park of the day. It is still in the Lancaster area, just a few minutes from AJSP. It is located along the Catawba River, which shares its nameContinue reading “Landsford Canal State Park (SC17 – Catawba)”

Having visited the two parks in Cheraw, we headed west through Chesterfield County and into Lancaster for the two parks there. Here, we met up with our friends that live in the Rock Hill area. Tiffany and I worked with Kimberly at a camp back in the day (Summersalt – put on by the SCContinue reading “Andrew Jackson State Park (SC16 – Lancaster)”

After our visit to H. Cooper Black, we drove just a few minutes down the road to Cheraw State Park for our second park of four for the day. Tiffany and I had been to this park yeeeeears ago (2006) while geocaching. We arrived close to sunset, hiked one of the trails out to aContinue reading “Cheraw State Park (SC15 – Cheraw)”

When first discovering the wide variety of offerings available with the SC State Parks, this one immediately caught my eye. I had no idea what a ‘field trial’ was (and honestly, I still don’t really know). But I realized that this park is where people go to train their hunting dogs. There are also plentyContinue reading “H. Cooper Black, Jr. Memorial Field Trial and Recreational Area (SC14 – Cheraw)”

After two months of no new parks (thanks, whirlwind of a spring semester!), the Beavers got to visit a much-anticipated park on the way home from a trip to Atlanta. We stopped at Redcliffe Plantation, located outside the small town of Beech Island, near Augusta, GA. Redcliffe was the home of James Henry Hammond, hisContinue reading “Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site (SC13 – Beech Island)”