04/18/2026
First road trip of the year. Eight hour drive days don't seem like much when you've done 16+ enough times. South Carolina is pretty this time of year. Seems we missed the azalea blooming, but Congaree didn't disappoint. Put 13 miles in on the first day, a handful the second, and about five/day over the couple we spent in Charleston. As always, the week goes by way too fast and I'm already ready for the next camping trip.
Highlight: Congaree has a really cool boardwalk trail and it's open 24 hours. So you can creep yourself out and go walk around there at night and sit in perfect stillness as the owls hoot from every direction.
Photos from Congaree National Park. More on the substack.