Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! This will mostly be a very Columbia, SC centric post, so if you aren't from here, you can bail after the next sentence. Most of my favorite trails have reopened. Yaaaaaay! (Well, you should have stayed for that at least.) Let's see, Canal Park is still closed as is West Columbia Riverwalk. But the central part of Cayce Riverwalk is open. What they call Phase 2 was closed before the flood and is still. That's a favorite place, but at least not something we lost from the flood.
Old State Road had been closed since the flood and is open again. Reached from there, Phase 3 of Cayce Riverwalk is still closed but Phase 4, reached from Newman Landing is open. Newman Landing isn't, though. Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve is closed but their lot is open, which allows one to walk on the unpaved, closed to vehicle traffic part of Old State Road. This is good, because it connects to Timmerman Trail, which is OPEN!
So to sum up for those who aren't from here but slogged through anyway, about half of my favorite hiking places are open again, especially the big ones. I was digging walking around in Olympia instead (especially as the tea olive was blooming again) but it's good to have the chance for a little variety. Yaaaaaay!
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