April 12, 2025
When we last posted, we were still in South Carolina, still visiting with Randy and Debra. We still walked at least 10,000 steps every day and on Sunday 3/23 we did another new to us hike. This one was in Augusta, GA at the Phinizy Swamp and Nature Park. It is a very unique and fun place to hike and all the better entry is free. While you might not be excited to visit a place with swamp in its name Phinizy actually has some pretty amazing hiking paths through some beautiful wetlands. We saw all kinds of critters including some very small and very big alligators, beautiful birds and one of the largest snapping turtles we have ever seen. The park was built by the Augusta wastewater treatment system and the treated waste water is now sent through the constructed wetlands system before being released into Savannah River. It was a great place to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
The remainder of that week was spent preparing to hit the road again. We left Johnston Saturday, and spent the night in Oneonta in our church’s parking lot. We got to worship at Lester Memorial Sunday and attend our Sunday School class. It was so great to be back at our home church. From Oneonta we drove Fred to Red Bay to get a slide repaired and new tires installed. With everything completed, we left Red Bay Friday afternoon just in time to avoid some severe thunderstorms. We are now back at Camp Sumatanga helping the staff prepare for summer camping season.
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