Saturday, July 05, 2008

P is for Palmetto Tour

Tonight Talia and I were reading the SC ABC book "P is for Palmetto" and she was so fascinated. This on top of her recent obsession with maps and names of roads and places. So, an idea popped in my head-travel around SC and find the places from this book. Talia and I have already decided to take pictures like the illustrations in the book and make our own book. Cool! I'm ready to head out and do something tomorrow. We might actually go to the Capital and check that one off our list. My little ADD self likes a checklist and a plan :)
Here's the plan so far:

A-Angel Oak-Johns Island

B-Sweetgrass baskets-Charleston

C-Capital-Cola

D-Drayton Hall-Charleston

E-Eastern tiger swallowtail

F-Swamp Fox-Congaree Swamp

G- Grand Strand- Winyah Bay up to Little River Neck

H-Horse-Thoroughbred Hall of Fame-Aiken

I-Indigo plant--Wappoo Creek near the Ashley River (17 miles from Charleston)-Eliza Lucas Pinckney (near James Island)..Not sure how we're going to do this one...

J-James Island-James Island/Sullivan’s Island/Fort Sumter

K- King Cotton- Santee

L-Loggerhead sea turtlesMay/June

M-Mary McLeod Bethune-Mayesville

N-National Wildlife RefugeSantee (geese in fall)

O-Old Edgefield Pottery-Edgefield

P-Palmetto tree-Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island

Q-Queen Anne’s Revenge pirate ship (Blackbeard)-

R-Rainbow Row-Charleston

S-Sculpture Gardens/Brookgreen Gardens—across from Huntington Beach State Park

T-Tea-Wadmalaw Island tea farm (Now Bigelow Tea)-Wadmalaw Island, SC

U-Upcountry-

V-Venus fly trap-NE coastal plains on savannas and bogs

W-Carolina wren-

X-Hunley-North Charleston

Y-Yellow Jessamine

Z-Riverbanks Zoo-Columbia

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