Sunday Sep 3
Our first stop of the day was breakfast at The Devine
Cinnamon Roll Deli.
We got one original cinnamon roll and one bananas foster
cinnamon roll. Both were good, but a slight edge to the original. Both were
fresh, gooey and warm. In fact, I dug right in and again neglected to take
photos of the beauties, but these are from their website:
The Original
Bananas Foster Cinnamon Roll
We visited Sesquicentennial State Park. It’s a state park in
the Sandhills region of South Carolina and located in the suburbs of Columbia. It’s
1,419 acres and includes a 30-acre lake. It had a lot of hiking trails and many
families were there having picnics and taking in the trails.
Visitor's Center
American Robin
American Robin
American Robin - immature
Mallard Ducks
Black-capped Chickadee
Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
pine cones
the lake was full of water lillies
Black-capped Chickadee
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Pine Warbler
lake full of water lilies & reflection of the trees
Titmouse
Summer Tanager immature female
Summer Tanager immature female
Summer Tanager - female
one of the trails
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Bluebird
Robin
Chipping Sparrow
Coal Skink
Coal Skink
Coal Skink
Pine Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
We hiked almost all of the different trails. We saw quite a
few birds (3 new ones for us), but photos were tough. Lots of families and
people walking dogs. Being Labor Day weekend, I’m sure it was busier than
usual. It is a lovely park and I’m sure all the walking didn’t put a dent in
the calories from those cinnamon rolls.
We hiked until around 2:00 in the afternoon and went for a
late lunch. We headed to the Five Points area which is near the college and has
a lot of trendy restaurants and shops. Our lunch today was at Southern Belly, a
BBQ place. They only serve smoked pulled pork belly and you can choose the
sauce. We split an Original which is just pork on grilled Texas Toast. I
ordered the Rebel Red sauce which was heavenly. The meat itself wasn’t as smoky
as most we have had, but it was very good and the sauce really made the
sandwich. Greg ordered the Grilled Cheese. Which is the original with a slice
of cheese and bacon on it with the same sauce. We split so we could each taste
both. It comes with a bit of fresh cut coleslaw and a bag of chips.
Southern Belly
The Original
Grilled Cheese
Five Points mural
another mural
Needless to say, we didn’t eat dinner since our day was full
of really filling food.
Tomorrow, we are off to what is considered “a hidden gem”
here….Congaree National Park. Despite being a National Park, it is the least
visited National Park in the country.
southern comfort food...
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