Skip to content

Random Connections

A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Photos
  • Resources
  • Other Voices
  • Post Archives
  • Home
  • Local
  • Lunchtime Earth Day Encounter

Lunchtime Earth Day Encounter

Posted on April 22, 2009 By Tom No Comments on Lunchtime Earth Day Encounter
Local, Miscellaneous

My Earth Day lunch spot. #fb

On this Earth Day, 2009, I thought it would be nice to take a sandwich down to my new favorite lunch spot and contemplate nature with the sounds of the Middle Tyger flowing in the background. This is twice this week I’ve been out here, and I think I came down here at least twice last week. It’s a perfect getaway.

The spot is perfect because it’s very close to my office, actually within walking distance. It has the sound of water, from water flowing over the dam upstream, to water flowing over the little rapids below. And it has WiFi from the Middle Tyger branch of the Spartanburg County Library. I can have a peaceful place for lunch AND stay connected. Shoot, I might even set up shop for the day, if I need a quiet place to get some work done.

On this particular lunch outing I had a chance encounter with Dennis Lindey, who had dropped by the park just as I was leaving. The very first words out of his mouth were to ask what I was doing out of school on the middle of the day. This took me aback. Did he know I worked for the school district? It turns out that he was just starting up a conversation. The next question was to ask where I was from, since I didn’t sound like I grew up in the area. I get that all the time.

After the preliminary banter and introductions, though, I did get some great information from Mr. Lindey. It turns out that he was instrumental in getting the project started to place the pedestrian bridge across the Middle Tyger, and in pursuing the grant from the Mary Black Foundation to fund the project.  Mr. Lindey told me that there would be a dedication ceremony for the bridge at 11:00 am this Saturday as part of the Lymanfest activities.  The Byrnes High track team will be the first to cross the bridge when it officially opens at that time.

Mr.  Lindey also filled me in on some other tidbits about the area.  I was aware that there is a large water treatment plant just downstream and across the river.  According to him, this area was used for raw sewage treatment until DHEC made them change about thirty years ago.  If that was the case,  then I can’t imagine the stench that must have lingered on the banks of the Tyger.

Regardless of past unseemly history, the area is now a delight, with the park benches and landscaping.  Mr. Lindey said that plans are underway to develop an old access road on the opposite side of the river, and that there might be access to the river for canoes and kayaks.  I guess we’ll see.  Even so, it seemed appropriate to spend an Earth Day lunch in an area that has undergone such improvement.

MTCC-Water-Treatment

Tags: Earth Day lunch Middle Tyger

Post navigation

❮ Previous Post: Desktop Dilemma
Next Post: Tales of a “Terra”-rist ❯

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Categories

  • EdTech (200)
  • Entertainment (202)
  • Family (121)
  • Gear (115)
  • General Technology (99)
  • Geocaching and Maps (208)
  • History and Genealogy (266)
  • Internet (144)
  • Local (451)
  • Miscellaneous (550)
  • Music (196)
  • Paddling (248)
  • Photography (779)
  • Podcast (6)
  • Rambling (227)
  • Rants (161)
  • Recipes (34)
  • Religion (48)
  • Restaurants (165)
  • Science (48)
  • Things Overheard (29)
  • Travel (411)
  • Uncategorized (129)
  • Washington Sabbatical (113)
  • Weirdness (60)

Recent Posts

  • In Search of the Road Builder
  • The Phoenix Riots and Dr. Benjamin Mays – An MLK Day Ramble
  • An Obsession with Steak Knives
  • An Epiphany on Patriotism
  • Kayaking Bates Old River and Running Creek

Recent Comments

  • Walter Kokoszka on Mysterious Mayucha and The Wolf Pit
  • Elizabeth on The Temple of Health: Ground-Truthing in Antreville
  • The Bay Area Basketball Fan’s Guide to March Madness on FU All the Time!
  • Why You Should Root For This March Madness Underdog on FU All the Time!
  • Gregory Davis on Ghost Towns of the Pee Dee – Part 2, Centenary

Tags

blogging cemetery Christmas Columbia Edisto River edtech Entertainment family Flickr Florida Furman Furman University gear Georgia geotagging Ghost Town Ghost Towns Google Earth Google Maps GPS Greenville Greenville Chorale history Instructional Technology kayaking Lake Jocassee LCU Lowcountry Unfiltered maps Music North Carolina Paddling Photography rambling restaurant Restaurants review singing social networking South Carolina time-lapse Travel video Washington Washington State
March 2023
S M T W T F S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Jan    

Copyright © 2023 Random Connections.

Theme: Oceanly by ScriptsTown