Hey Folks,
Richard here. Now that I’ve completed my “Riverventure,” I am looking forward to taking you through the last leg of my trip in my “virtual canoe.” In the meantime, I’ve enjoyed reading your comments and wanted to personally address one from “Day 13 lives up to its name.”
First I’d like to provide my sincere […]
Hey Folks,
There’s quite a bit more to Richard’s “RiverVenture”, but we have a technical snafu in our way at the moment. Thanks for staying tuned and we encourage you to comment in the meantime. We’ll bring you the good, the bad, and the ugly of the last leg of his journey very soon. Thanks again […]
On the morning of day 14, we caught up with Richard at the 601 bridge.
A dam on the Saluda River releases a surge of water that flows downstream into the Congaree River. Richard learns that a few feet of water equals a great amount of flooding…in the floodplain.
Richard gets back on the river after a layover in Columbia. Columbia is in the area of the Fall Line or Fall Zone of South Carolina, an unusual landform transition where the Piedmont and Sandhills landforms drop into the Coastal Plain. The Fall Line is marked by rocky rapids and followed by flat floodplain landscapes.
Evidence of feral hogs can be seen throughout the Congaree Swamp. Their aggressive eating habits disrupt the food chain of native species, while their rooting and grazing turns up soil leaving it exposed and prone to erosion.
Barges transporting commodities between Columbia and Charleston traveled the Congaree in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Richard discovers the hull of one of these boats in this video.
Hey folks,
Richard should be cruising the Charleston Harbor by tomorrow afternoon, approximately 3pm. We’ve posted his take out spot, so feel free to stop by and welcome him back to dry land! Continue to tune in to the site though, as we promise to catch you up on his video adventures, and we will be […]