{"id":728,"date":"2024-03-05T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/?p=728"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:28:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:28:20","slug":"columbia-congaree-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/2024\/03\/05\/columbia-congaree-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia\/Congaree National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We stayed at Dreher Island State Park. It&#8217;s on Lake Murray 45 minutes west of Columbia, South Carolina. The view was by far the best of all the campsites we had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_212105249.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-727\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" data-id=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477.jpg?resize=640%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1542&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240304_130937477-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to Columbia on a Saturday when they had the Soda City outdoor market. It was a nice day to walk around the city and river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_160930394.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-730\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/searcyfamily.net\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/PXL_20240302_155058939.MP_.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We went to Congaree National Park, the largest intact expanse of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the southeastern United States. The forest is actually a flood plain. It&#8217;s periodically covered by water throughout the year when neighboring rivers overflow. 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