March 17-21, 2025
On the road again - sort of. John has done a lot of work on the truck and 5th wheel since we got home and we wanted to take a shakedown trip. We chose Poinsett State Park near Wedgefield, SC because it was not to far from Congaree National Park. We have lived in this area for years and never been to Congaree, so we decided this would be the time. It wasn't hot and humid, and there were no bugs. There was LOTS of pollen, but that didn't stop us.
We arrived on Monday, March 17 and set up. We were in site #21 which was really nice.
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| Site #21 |
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| Site #21 |
With our SC resident discount the nightly rate was $20.01. The weather was sunny but just a little too cool to sit outside for very long. Tuesday was beautiful and I sat outside and read most of the afternoon. Wednesday we went to Congaree. First we went to the visitor center, watched a film, and got the national park brochure and information on the trails.
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| Congaree National Park |
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| There is a boardwalk that goes in a loop from the visitor center. The west side was open but the east side was closed for refurbishing. So we took the west side to the Sims Trail which ran back to the boardwalk loop. |
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| Boardwalk |
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| Swamp and cypress knees. Cypress knees are the roots that rise up from the roots of the tree. It is believed that the knees provide the tree with extra structural support during floods and high winds. Bald cypress trees can live to be over 1,000 years old, and are rot and water resistant. |
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It's hard to tell but some of these trees are quite large around the base.
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If you haven't been to Congaree it's worth the stop. Just don't go in the summer!Thursday was cloudy, rainy and cooler, so we stayed inside and relaxed.
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| Speaking of pollen! |
Friday we packed up and came home. Going for such a short time it was easy to pack and unpack. We got home at 2:15 and by 3:15 John was taking the trailer back to storage. That's the way to do it!
