South Carolina Botanical Gardens

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Location / Map

Trails: Nature
Distance: about 1 mile
Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Rating: && (out of 5)

While Kerri went running, I took the kids hiking at the SC Botanical Gardens. Andy gets so excited to ride in the backpack. James seems to like walking on his own, but he doesn't stay "focused." He has to find a hiking stick, then check out a cool plant over there, then try to pick a flower for mommy ("no James don't do that"), then look for mushrooms, then go over to a small stump and act like he's playing a recorder (yes that really happened). But he also loves to cross the bridges, and look for waterfalls, and go see the "house" / "pyramid"...things that are actually on the trail. So, we were a little slow today, and about halfway through the hike, we stopped for a much-needed snack break. Andy was a little upset that I was taking him out of the backpack, even though it was to give him FOOD!