Sheesh, I can't believe I had never been to the Riverwalk on the Congaree River before. All the years I had lived here before and had never been. Now this time around I go and find out my local friends had been going there since they were wee children.. Oh, well...at least now I've been and realise that I will be going back many more times. It is really such a beautiful place. Just a few blocks from downtown. As you drive there you are surrounded by city noise, traffic, construction, you name it. You park your car and meander down a path lined with blooming crepe myrtle trees, and old black iron fencing,to arrive at a beautiful vista of trees, canal, bridges, the Congaree and quiet.
Just like that you can get away from it all in the city of Columbia. My heart gets so excited to be in these places. Nate & I had a really tough day and it all seemed to melt away as we newly discovered this riverwalk area, with alot of history. As you walk you are surrounded by water. One side the Congaree and the other a canal of water that comes in from the Broad river. Theres an old pump house, and canal buildings, a statue of Christopher Columbus. On this visit we chose to just take it all in. We had the dogs with us and we just headed down the path. So many varying vistas to take in. Even a sign that mentions there could be alligators, this always gets us excited and makes us feel we have moved far from the mountains of Vermont to a more tropical place. Ahead the sound of a train came chugging through, cars topped with coal, then a caboose disappear on down the tracks. A walk over to a look out where we observed the most beutiful river, decked with spanish moss, large river rocks, islands, tropical vegetation, an egrit perched on atree, a blue heron fishing in the river and a huge osprey that flew overhead.
Nate starts dreaming of having a little plywood boat tucked in the bushes, a fly rod in hand, and the option to set out on the water at any time to explore, to catch fish, to be in his element. These places of nature are soo inspiring to our hearts. It is really cool to live in a place where there are such stark differences in your everyday. To one moment be at work, running errands, living in a bustling little capitol city, but in the next moment, to be in such serene surroundings, surrounded by God and his most beautiful creation. When there are such differences, it makes it all the more majestic of an experience. As we continue along this path along the river, or this path in life, the exciting part really is, what will be up around the next bend? And enjoying the journey along the way.
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| The Canal |
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| Metal footbridge crossing over the canal |
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| Map of trail system |
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| Water, Water, everywhere |
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| Cool tower with spikes to prevent climbers |
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| Old Canal House |
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| Gorgeous Congaree River |
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| theres a coal train a coming |
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| Crepe Myrtle |
Sheesh, I can't believe I had never been to the Riverwalk on the Congaree River before. All the years I had lived here before and had never been. Now this time around I go and find out my local friends had been going there since they were wee children.. Oh, well...at least now I've been and realise that I will be going back many more times. It is really such a beautiful place. Just a few blocks from downtown. As you drive there you are surrounded by city noise, traffic, construction, you name it. You park your car and meander down a path lined with blooming crepe myrtle trees, and old black iron fencing,to arrive at a beautiful vista of trees, canal, bridges, the Congaree and quiet. 
Nate starts dreaming of having a little plywood boat tucked in the bushes, a fly rod in hand, and the option to set out on the water at any time to explore, to catch fish, to be in his element. These places of nature are soo inspiring to our hearts. It is really cool to live in a place where there are such stark differences in your everyday. To one moment be at work, running errands, living in a bustling little capitol city, but in the next moment, to be in such serene surroundings, surrounded by God and his most beautiful creation. When there are such differences, it makes it all the more majestic of an experience. As we continue along this path along the river, or this path in life, the exciting part really is, what will be up around the next bend? And enjoying the journey along the way.
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