They've completed the trails for the 12,000 Year Park in Cayce, which I have no doubt called the 10,000 Year Park more than once, because I can't count and also want to help it lie about its age. My enthusiasm knows no bounds, but you probably can't tell since I walked the whole route not to long ago and didn't carry any water (since it was wintertime up until about five minutes ago) so my head is again not at its best. But for a better reason than usual.
There is absolutely no signage for the 12,000 Year Park, nor any indications where parking lots, visitor centers, etc. might go if indeed they go anywhere. It may be that the 12,000 Year Park was an elaborate prank, a last-ditch try at selling newspapers. However, what is definitely there, the Timmerman Trail, has been expanded markedly, and is now a definite boon to the area and a wonderful place to visit. Granted, it's a cement trail and a lot of it passes through new pine and natural gas pipeline right-of-ways (this being next to the power company's headquarters on one side, operations center on another, and built by said power company) but the good stuff is very good. Today, after all the rains, Congaree and Six Mile Creek were quite flooded and extra pretty. The trail was nice and dry, all pedestrian bridges were open and operable, and and and it was so cool!
They still have to put in light fixtures and benches and whatnot, and as I say, more convenient parking might be pretty keen. The park that was under discussion was supposed to be equivalent to a national park, so a visitor center with rangers ought to be in the works; no idea whether this will ever come to pass. But it's already a terrific place to walk, bike or jog. Hopefully, all 600,000 people in the Columbia area don't decide to come do so all at once. But hey, it'll be fun!
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