Leave it to us to select one of the coldest days in South Carolina's Fall season to visit this splendid national park! Congaree National Park is located in South Carolina, about 18 miles south of Columbia. Coming from Sumter, it was about a one-hour drive. It is home to the Congaree River and old-growth bottomland hardwood trees. This means, swampy and river adventures! Since we were visiting our son for Thanksgiving, we figured we would drag him along with us on our National

This post is proof that dreams come true BUT you need to be careful who your trust! we visited American Samoa on our Hawaiian summer adventures and spent a few days on the island. We learned so much about American Samoa and, although we went on our own on day 1, we hired a tour guide for days 2 and 3. Our guide, Lu, was amazing! This post is about our day 1 adventures and WHAT NOT TO DO when visiting American Samoa! See, we fall for the "TAXI" driver trick, where they quote o