After visiting Tiffany’s folks in the Atlanta area on Spring Break, we headed back to South Carolina to visit my dad and stepmom. We had visited Table Rock State Park with them back in the fall, and now we got to enjoy a new park with them. I was intrigued to go to Lake GreenwoodContinue reading “Lake Greenwood State Park (SC12 – Ninety Six)”
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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (NP003 – Atlanta, GA)
I’ve driven through Atlanta a million times. I’ve always seen signs on the interstate pointing to the MLK park, but only until we started pursuing national parks did I actually consider going there. Our quest to visit national and state parks coincides with a time in my life (and Tiffany would probably also say inContinue reading “Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (NP003 – Atlanta, GA)”
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (NP002 – Kennesaw, GA)
For Spring Break, the Beaver family hit the road to visit family in the Atlanta, GA area and in the Upstate of SC. While we were in the area, we took advantage of some of our time to visit the local national parks. One of the great things about our National Park Service is that,Continue reading “Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (NP002 – Kennesaw, GA)”
Goodale State Park (SC11 – Camden)
On the first day of spring, we took the opportunity to drive over to Camden to visit Goodale State Park. Tiffany and I had twice visited here years ago, once to go geocaching (when we were first dating in 2006) and once to go canoeing (when we were engaged in 2010). Now we return withContinue reading “Goodale State Park (SC11 – Camden)”
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site (SC10 – McClellanville)
Welcome to the fourth and final stop on the Beaver Family Winter Break 2022 State Park Extravaganza. After our first visit to some wetlands at Little Pee Dee and the coast at Huntington Beach and Myrtle Beach, we ended up at the second of three plantation homes managed by the SC State Parks: Hampton Plantation.Continue reading “Hampton Plantation State Historic Site (SC10 – McClellanville)”
Myrtle Beach State Park (SC09 – Myrtle Beach)
Welcome to Stop #3 on the Beaver Family Winter Break 2022 State Park Extravaganza. 🙂 Links to previous two stops here and here. Ahh…the Dirty Myrt’. I’m from SC, and I’ve been to Myrtle Beach plenty of times, though hardly ever for vacation. Mostly, it would be for conventions, retreats, class trips, and the like.Continue reading “Myrtle Beach State Park (SC09 – Myrtle Beach)”
Huntington Beach State Park (SC08 – Murrells Inlet)
This state park was #2 on our list for the Beaver Winter Break 2022 Road Trip. For Stop #1 (Little Pee Dee SP), click here. To start off with, Tiffany and I are not necessarily beach people. To put it in perspective, our older daughter Teagan is 7, and she had never seen the coastContinue reading “Huntington Beach State Park (SC08 – Murrells Inlet)”
Little Pee Dee State Park (SC07 – Dillon)
The Beaver family was fortunate to have a long weekend this February, so we took the opportunity to head to the Pee Dee / Grand Strand region of our state (roughly the northeastern quadrant of our state, including the coastline). We visited four state parks on this trip, Little Pee Dee being the first. AContinue reading “Little Pee Dee State Park (SC07 – Dillon)”
Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site (SC06 – Union)
Having been a geocacher in the Upstate for years, I knew about Rose Hill simply because there was a geocache there; however, I had never been there until today. Doing some initial research before going by reading the official site (linked below), I learned that it was the plantation owned by William Henry Gist, theContinue reading “Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site (SC06 – Union)”
Congaree National Park (NP001 – Hopkins, SC)
We live in Columbia, SC, which is just a few minutes away from Congaree National Park. We’ve been here many times, but today (January 1, 2022) was the first time we’ve been since acquiring our National Park passport. We love being so close to a national park, and one of the rangers is also aContinue reading “Congaree National Park (NP001 – Hopkins, SC)”
Beavers in the Park 