Tag Archives: 2023

There’s nothing like finishing your day by looking at 300-year-old buildings here in the US. For any European reader out there, I know that 300-years-old isn’t that remarkable for a building for you…but here in the States, we’re lucky if we ever see something 100 years old! This was a great way to cap offContinue reading “Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site (SC30 – Summerville)”

I love getting surprised by a park. After driving just a few miles east from Colleton State Park, we ended up at Givhans Ferry (pronounce GIVE-uns), another park along the banks of the Edisto River. The name comes from Phillip Givhan, who operated a ferry here in the late 1700s. It allowed travellers to getContinue reading “Givhans Ferry State Park (SC29 – Ridgeville)”

Just to the northwest of Charleston lies a series of three state parks in fairly close proximity. Ever since discovering the state park system, I was looking forward to visiting these three in a row. Finally, this Sunday afternoon, we took the afternoon to drive down, meet up with our friend Stephanie (who kept SageContinue reading “Colleton State Park (SC28 – Walterboro)”

We got 2023 started by visiting a park not too far north of Columbia. Lake Wateree State Park is one of many state parks located on one of our recreational lakes here in the state. (I should say more precisely that lakes in SC are mostly for power generation, but the citizens know them moreContinue reading “Lake Wateree State Park (SC27 – Winnsboro)”