Congaree National Park

Today Barbara and I traveled to Congaree National Park (NP). This park is named after the Congaree Indians that once inhabited this area. This is a rare old-growth floodplain forest. In 1976 this area became one of our newest national parks encompassing 27,000 acres. This place kind of reminds me of a smaller version of Redwood NP in northern California. As we made our way along the boardwalk on the self guided tour the only sounds to be heard were to sounds of nature, mostly birds and with an occasional squirrel. Back in 1919 when the 18th Amendment to the Constitution was passed banning the sale and consumption of alcohol this area became a haven for moonshiners. There’s still an old still in the park. I was very proud of Barbara, she made the entire 2.4 mile boardwalk tour without too many issues.