Little Pee Dee

Friday, we took Harper and Amaroq for a weekend at the beach.  We headed south into South Carolina and first stopped at Little Pee Dee State Park, just across the state line.

We first walked across the dam for some nice views of Lake Norton.  A few folks were fishing and there were a couple kayaks on the water.

Then we hiked some of the short trails around the park.

We first hiked down Beaver Pond Nature Trail.  Harper enjoyed practicing walking on the soft, easy trails.

Then we took Longleaf Pine out to the campground and back.

Then we continued further south, making our next stop at the visitor center for Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge.  There was a nice view of Great Pee Dee River from the visitor center.

Lots of Spanish moss was hanging from the trees.

We took turns going through the visitor center since we had Amaroq.  They had some live snakes and turtles and a baby alligator named Hatcher.  Harper enjoyed pressing buttons in the exhibit.

Afterwards, we took a short stroll on the trail around the center.

Some yellow jessamine was flowering.

We were getting pretty hungry by this point and headed to Conway for a late lunch at Chantis Pizza along the river.  The crab rangoon pizza was really good!  After lunch, we took a short stroll on the Riverwalk since it was just behind the restaurant.

It was a really nice boardwalk trail with great views of Waccamaw River.  And it was a nice easy trail for Harper to walk.

We walked under the bridge and as far as the railroad tracks before turning around.

There was a lot of Spanish moss along the river.

Back at the car, we continued to Myrtle Beach and checked into Red Roof Inn.  After getting settled in, I took Amaroq for a short walk down to the beach.  I don't think he had ever been before; he got very excited and did some beach zoomies.