{"id":4487,"date":"2015-11-17T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:59:06","slug":"south-carolina-state-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4487","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina State Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Mountains to the Low Country was about a 225 mi drive. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Endisto-River_thumb-25255B1-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Endisto River\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Endisto-River_thumb-25255B1-25255D-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"Endisto River\" width=\"408\" height=\"233\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Givhans-252520Ferry_thumb-25255B3-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Givhans Ferry\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Givhans-252520Ferry_thumb-25255B3-25255D-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Givhans Ferry\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>We headed to <strong>Givhans Ferry State Park<\/strong>. It is on the Endisto River and we had hoped to canoe there. With all the rain the blackwater river was very fast flowing. We were not sure how scenic it would be or if we could set up a shuttle so we decided to do a 6 mile bike ride in the area. It was Peggy\u2019s first bike ride in a year.<\/p>\n<p>The camp was full on the weekend but when we got there on Sunday afternoon, it was empty. We did a short hike and ran into lots of mosquitos, after we put on Off they all went away. We stayed for 2 nights and got a lot of rest. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Peg-Bike-by-Waring-House1_thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 15px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Peg Bike by Waring House\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Peg-Bike-by-Waring-House1_thumb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Peg Bike by Waring House\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I found out we had a weak cell phone signal signal but boy it worked great tethered to the computer to get me the internet.<a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Salt-Marshes_thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 15px 0px 0px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Salt Marshes\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Salt-Marshes_thumb-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Salt Marshes\" width=\"261\" height=\"375\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday we drove 30 miles into Charleston. We did a bike ride around the original colony of Charleston at <strong>Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Waring-252520House-252520Avenue-252520of-252520Oaks_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 5px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Waring House Avenue of Oaks\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Waring-252520House-252520Avenue-252520of-252520Oaks_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Waring House Avenue of Oaks\" width=\"600\" height=\"345\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>They have a series of paved walking\/biking paths. Animals native to Charleston in 1670 can be found in the Animal Forest. They have lots of signs with explanations of how this first settlement managed.<a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Peg-in-Stocks_thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 15px 0px 0px 20px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Peg in Stocks\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Peg-in-Stocks_thumb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Peg in Stocks\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Bison_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 15px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Bison\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Bison_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"Bison\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peggy wasn\u2019t a good girl so she got locked up.<\/p>\n<p>The trails were probably only about 3 miles long but it was a lot more fun riding our bikes. There were lots of schools on field trips. The Adventure is a replica trading vessel docked at Charles Towne Landing. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/John-252520on-252520Rudder_thumb-25255B3-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px auto 0px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"John on Rudder\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/John-252520on-252520Rudder_thumb-25255B3-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"John on Rudder\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several stops had costumed rangers explaining how the colony made friends with the local Indians but introduced African slaves to help them till their farms. <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ranger-252520Talk_thumb-25255B3-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ranger Talk\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ranger-252520Talk_thumb-25255B3-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ranger Talk\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was beautiful warm day, but tomorrow there is a slight chance of rain and heavy rain is forecast for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to camp at a new Wal-Mart just 10 miles outside the historic downtown.\u00a0 Tomorrow we will drive the RV into the city and hopefully find a parking lot near where we plan to take a walking tour of historic Charleston with 7th generation native Michael Trouche. We also hope to visit the historic Charleston city market which is over 210 years old.<\/p>\n<p>If all goes as planned we should be staying near Savannah on Wednesday night and then drive to Jekyll Island on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Mountains to the Low Country was about a 225 mi drive. We headed to Givhans Ferry State Park. It is on the Endisto River and we had hoped to canoe there. With all the rain the blackwater river was very fast flowing. 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