Paddling to Columbia

I’ve always been intrigued by the Broad River, especially the stretch starting at the Peak trestle. It looks like it would be a great paddling venue, but unfortunately public access points are few and far between. The next access point downstream from Peak is Harbison State Forest, near Columbia. Alan wanted to do a trip [...]

Posted by Tom on May 27th, 2012 | 3 Comments Posted in Local, Paddling, Photography

Sparkleberry Perfection

A second Saturday in May, and time for another Lowcountry Unfiltered trip. This time our group was heading back to Sparkleberry Swamp, and we had perfect weather and water levels for it. Unfortunately, because there was perfect weather, many of our group had other places to be. So, only four brave souls ventured further into [...]

Posted by Tom on May 14th, 2012 | 2 Comments Posted in Paddling

Old Dorchester and ACE Basin

I’ve been able to take off on a few excursions over the last couple of months, but Laura really hasn’t had a chance to get away. With her mom in Florida, and since we had at least one day in common for this spring break, we decided to escape down to the Charleston area. However, [...]

Posted by Tom on April 8th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Photography, Travel

Geocaching on Lake Marion

Another second Saturday, and it was time for another epic paddling trip with Lowcountry Unfiltered. This one was truly epic. This time our explorations took us to the eastern part of Lake Marion to do some geocaching around Persanti Island. Our launching point was Carolina King Landing, just north of the Santee National Wildlife Refuge. [...]

Posted by Tom on June 13th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Geocaching and Maps, Paddling, Photography

ACE Basin

Our visit to Beidler Forest only took up half of the day, and we were ready to see more wildlife. Therefore, we cut across the country down toward the ACE Basin and the Donnelley Wildlife Management Area. Donnelley is only one small section of the ACE Basin. To the east is the Ernest Hollings National [...]

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