Ranger "Midget" at Sewee National Wildlife Refuge
November 13, 2007
We had coffee, went for a morning constitutional and had breakfast sitting in the sun. A hunter who had stopped our first day here drove past and chatted with Will for a time. Seems the spot we are in is not the safest; there is a fourteen day free Forest campground not far from here. Tomorrow is dog-hunting day. We had already decided to pull out today. Spent the morning putting the van back together and cleaning while we went along organizing. Kathy ran the sweeper; Will changed the oil in the generator and we both put things away.
Snack today was peanut butter cheese crackers and diet soda. Today is a good day to drive! A four-foot medium girth rattle snake blocked our departure. It’s rattle was about 2-3 inches long; its head was up and his tongue tested the air. We tried to encourage him to leave the road, but even the sound of the horn didn’t give him reason to more so we just drove around leaving him to gather the warmth of the gravel. Lunch was imitation crabmeat sandwich and grapes.
We are driving down route 17, going all the way to Tallahassee, FL. We didn’t get too far when we saw the Sewee Visitor Center. We met Ranger Tricia Lynch, known as Midget. She had worked 1991-92 at Laguna Atascosa in Texas and we shared a few stories. Watching the orientation film we found out that Francis Marion, the name sake of the park, was a general that fought with the “Swamp Fox” regiment during the Revolution inspiring the movie, The Patriot. This is grand area to explore with not only the National Forest, but the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge too. Bull Island, a lighthouse, Intra coastal waterway, trails, swamp tours, oyster shell ring, birding, fishing, biking, horseback riding, Hopsewee Plantation, birthplace of Thomas Lynch, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Hampton Plantation, home to famous poet/writer Archibald Rutledge and shopping at McClellanville.
The Sweetgrass Basketweaver’s highway runs through SC and we saw some locals weaving and selling their wares along the roadway. There are a lot of nurseries down along here too.
We had coffee, went for a morning constitutional and had breakfast sitting in the sun. A hunter who had stopped our first day here drove past and chatted with Will for a time. Seems the spot we are in is not the safest; there is a fourteen day free Forest campground not far from here. Tomorrow is dog-hunting day. We had already decided to pull out today. Spent the morning putting the van back together and cleaning while we went along organizing. Kathy ran the sweeper; Will changed the oil in the generator and we both put things away.Snack today was peanut butter cheese crackers and diet soda. Today is a good day to drive! A four-foot medium girth rattle snake blocked our departure. It’s rattle was about 2-3 inches long; its head was up and his tongue tested the air. We tried to encourage him to leave the road, but even the sound of the horn didn’t give him reason to more so we just drove around leaving him to gather the warmth of the gravel. Lunch was imitation crabmeat sandwich and grapes.
We are driving down route 17, going all the way to Tallahassee, FL. We didn’t get too far when we saw the Sewee Visitor Center. We met Ranger Tricia Lynch, known as Midget. She had worked 1991-92 at Laguna Atascosa in Texas and we shared a few stories. Watching the orientation film we found out that Francis Marion, the name sake of the park, was a general that fought with the “Swamp Fox” regiment during the Revolution inspiring the movie, The Patriot. This is grand area to explore with not only the National Forest, but the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge too. Bull Island, a lighthouse, Intra coastal waterway, trails, swamp tours, oyster shell ring, birding, fishing, biking, horseback riding, Hopsewee Plantation, birthplace of Thomas Lynch, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Hampton Plantation, home to famous poet/writer Archibald Rutledge and shopping at McClellanville.
The Sweetgrass Basketweaver’s highway runs through SC and we saw some locals weaving and selling their wares along the roadway. There are a lot of nurseries down along here too.
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