One more fun little outing with Lis, Bri & Piper...

Yesterday Ran ended up getting the day off, so after picking Everlea up at her pre-school, we headed to Landsford Canal State Park in SC. It took us about 45 min. to get there, we picked up subs on the way, and ate at picnic tables by the water in the park. It's a historic area and a pretty park with a nature and a canal trail. Here's a little blurb about it taken from the web.

"Stretched along the Catawba River along the South Carolina fall line, the park is home to the well-preserved remains of the canal system that made the river commercially navigable from 1820 to 1835. Locks, a mill site and the lockkeeper’s home are among the numerous intact structures from that era. Out in the river is one of the largest known stands of rocky shoals spider lilies, tough plants that hang tight in the swift water and bloom spectacularly in a huge blanket of white in late May and early June. An easy-to-walk trail along the river leads to a viewing deck. This crossable spot on the river (that’s what a ford is, of course) also played a role in the Revolutionary War, as both British and American troops under Cornwallis and Sumter crossed here before and after pivotal battles".

Bri, Lis & Piper headed home around 9:30 this morning. We had a really nice visit and now with summer, vacations and out of town company behind us, I feel that fall has "officially" begun... :)