Starting out along the Congaree National Park's boardwalk our greatest fear had been of mosquito's. A Mosquito Meter had listed the threat as "severe" and so we had loaded up on bug spray. Unfortunately we learned an important lesson about bug spray: always apply it after you make lunch. OFF just doesn't belong in a PB & J sandwich.
Though a beautiful area we found the boardwalk slippery and almost falling several times we made the journey very, very carefully. Then it started pouring. This made the boardwalk more dangerous, but the mosquito threat laughable. We managed to wait out the worst of it at the center but still got soaked running to the car.
Now in possession of a new GPS we had hoped for better results. Thankfully we choose not to follow its direction literally or we would have ended up in a forest. Might have to trade this one in for a better model.
Leaves reflecting in the water
The Mosquito Meter
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