Special Mom’s blog

Whenever I travel I have tried to blog the same night. This weekend we are on a quest to do two National Parks and I couldn’t blog about our first day as I was tired and it was just a short half day.

This trip was planned last minute since this trip to the National Park cannot be planned in advance. Congaree National Park in South Carolina is very small, least visited and not known by many. Also many do not like this park because there isn’t much that can be done. Congaree river basically floods the park ten times a year.

We found out that the park was in flood stage but the boardwalk was open and safe. We decided to make a two in one trip since we had already planned for New River Gorge in West Virginia. On day one we stopped at New River Gorge and did a short overlook walk down 175 steps and made our mark in our 9th National Park.

Today afternoon at 2 pm we touched Congaree and checked our 10th National Park. This really completes all the parks that we can do as a road trip. From now on our trips need to involve planes, cars and sea planes and even small private aircrafts. As my son had a mini meltdown at New River Gorge I told him we need to drive the Road to Hana in Hawaii and he needs to pull himself out of this.

Yes, today was a great day and inspite flood warnings and thunderstorms and our entire family getting drenched in rain we walked the two mile boardwalk and enjoyed Mother Nature flooding trees and creating a biodiverse environment. Four ponchos, two park shirts and snacks, we did spend a lot of time and money in the visitor center today.😊

Sharing pictures from Congaree National Park.

The park is famous for it’s mosquito meter and yes it was very mild today. My husband said he didn’t feel anything and I just had a small bump in my face.

Who would enjoy a park that has 70 percent trails flooded. But it was great for us since there was plenty of parking.

I did see some videos of the boardwalk also flooded so this really was good.

Of course we got passport stamping and my young man made multiple stampings. He is now a pro!

This is just a small National Park but it needs to be preserved and it had a reason. I do not know why people compare parks. Mother Nature needs to be preserved.