So I just got back from South Carolina and had the chance to go to a National Park on the East Coast while I was there. This was the first National Park east of the Mississippi that I have ever had the opportunity to visit. I have been to many National Monuments and Battlefields in the east but never a NP.
The park we went to was Congaree NP, it is what is known as a floodplain forest (what we in the west would call a swamp). It was quite different from every other NP I have ever been to as like most of the east coast it was extremely flat. It obviously was winter when we went and being a deciduous forest was very dead looking. Despite this it was still very beautiful. One thing that I do know is that I don't think I would want to visit during mosquito season, this place has what they call a mosquito meter.....if you need a mosquito meter that means there are way too many mosquito's for this guy.
Congaree NP has some nice "hikes" and from what they say is very fun to explore via canoe or kayak. Like a dumbass I forgot my camera so I don't have anything to show for my visit there but if you would like to see what it looks like or to get more information on the park visit: http://www.nps.gov/cong/planyourvisit/hours.htm
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