Saturday, September 19, 2009

Scottish Games in Charleston 9/19

http://charlestonscots.org/

We are meeting at the Orangeburg Cracker Barrel at 8:00 on Saturday! That's at exit 145A on I-26.

Take EXIT 145A US-601 S RAMP 0.45 miles

Stay STRAIGHT to go onto SAINT MATTHEWS RD/ST MATTHEWS RD/US-601 (Going Southwest) 0.20 miles

Turn LEFT onto CITADEL RD (Going East) 0.08 miles

Turn RIGHT onto REGIONAL PKY (Going East) 0.48 miles

Turn RIGHT onto CITADEL RD (Going Southeast) 1.26 miles

The Games are at Boone Hall Plantation :

Directions :

From I-26: Take I-526 East towards Mt. Pleasant. Take the Long Point Road exit.
At bottom of exit turn Left. The entrace to Boone Hall will be 2 miles up on the
left.


Address :

1235 Long Point RoadMt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Location :

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1235+Long+Point+Road,+Mt.+Pleasant,+SC+29464&sll=33.773665,-81.019795&sspn=0.832171,0.961304&ie=UTF8&z=17&iwloc=A

Friday, September 4, 2009

side trip : North Fork Edisto

This isn't an official Trailblazer trip, just a (growing!) number of folks going paddling.

Orangeburg is about an hour away from the Columbia area. The shuttle is about 20 minutes, the river about 10 miles or about 3 hours.

Trail description : http://www.sctrails.net/Trails/ALLTRAILS/WaterTrails/EdistoNoFork.html

Takeout, meeting place : http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.48582+-80.87075
Put in : http://maps.google.com/maps?q=33.525487,-80.947402
My "google map" : http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=113743287332160291459.000472becb5544b5dc88a

Gauge : http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&format=gif_default&period=7&site_no=02173500

Info about the gardens : http://www.orangeburg.sc.us/gardens/