{"id":8460,"date":"2011-10-04T10:04:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T14:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=8460"},"modified":"2011-10-04T10:04:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-04T14:04:06","slug":"travel-vacation-parks-in-the-charleston-sc-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=8460","title":{"rendered":"Travel & Vacation: Great Parks in the Charleston, SC Area"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cool moving bridge at Center Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We found a cute little park on Daniel’s Island, SC with a lot of shade and water fountains (thankfully since it was over 107 and humid that day) only a couple miles down the road from where Jake was working.\u00a0 This was the most entertaining part on the whole jungle gym!\u00a0 It was a moving bridge!\u00a0 You could get on it at one location of the jungle gym and either have someone push you across or you could stand at other side and spin a wheel that pulls you across to the other side of the jungle gym.\u00a0 The girls (and Mommy) where fascinated by this cool moving bridge and it provided quite a bit of entertainment for all of us!<\/p>\n

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Karlie sitting on the wall!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karlie thought this wall in the park was awesome!\u00a0 She would climb up, sit for a few minutes watching everyone and talk anyone nearby then get down.\u00a0 I think she liked being up higher and over looking the park!<\/p>\n

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Brina coming through the blue tunnel at Center Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She thought it was hilarious going through the random tunnels and would giggle when she “caught” me watching at her!\u00a0 So sneaky!<\/p>\n

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Brina saying "hi" to her new friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These bubble blowers were such a HUGE hit!\u00a0 It was so cute seeing Brina just checking out it’s face, it really was a bug friend to her!<\/p>\n

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So....when I blew through here bubbles come out?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I tried to find these again this year but they must have sold out.\u00a0 When you blow through the tail of the dragon fly the silver wings spin and a lot of bubbles come out of the dragon fly’s mouth.<\/p>\n

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Mommy's about to get blasted with dragonfly bubbles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was shortly before a wave of bubbles came my way.\u00a0 Brina thought it was awesome blowing dragonfly bubbles my direction!<\/p>\n

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Karlie on the run at Waterfront Park under the Arthur Ravenel Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Waterfront Park under the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is one of our favorite parks to hang out at in Charleston.\u00a0 It always has shade from the bridge and has very clean restrooms and a cold water fountain.<\/p>\n

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Brina playing at Waterfront Park in Mt Pleasant \/ Charleston, SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Waterfront park is a great place to hang out before going into Downtown Charleston.\u00a0 You can play in the park, walk on the pier, enjoy ice cream from the snack shop or watch free movies in the evenings during the summer months.<\/p>\n

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Sitting on the slide at Waterfront Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brina and Karlie taking a few minutes to cool down and talk while sitting on the slide.\u00a0 They thought it was such a cool place to sit!<\/p>\n

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Karlie relaxing on the boat's railing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karlie content to relax for a few moments against the boat’s railing.\u00a0 This little park is in front of the Information Center for Daniel’s Island right next to a pier.\u00a0 The girls really liked this park even though it did not have a lot of shade, a restroom or water fountain they still requested to go to this park to walk the pier and “pet” their turtle friends.<\/p>\n

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Karlie and Brina driving the little white boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The girls thought it was very cool having the boat in the park.<\/p>\n

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Hanging out with Daddy on the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karlie is laughing at Daddy, while Brina and Daddy look at the camera.\u00a0 The girls thought this park was so much fun that they had to take Daddy by to check it out too!<\/p>\n

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Talking about the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An inside shot of the boat.\u00a0 The girls and Daddy were having a fun decision about boats by the time I got their.\u00a0 Jake had to be melting that day, it was well over 100 degrees and he was in pants and a long sleeved shirt.\u00a0 Thankfully he was okay going to the “turtle park” to have a picnic with his girls over lunch despite the heat.<\/p>\n

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One of the turtles<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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They named each turtle and every time we go back they catch on their friends.<\/p>\n

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My two little monkeys on top of the jungle gym!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karlie and Brina on the top for the jungle gym at a park across from one of the Daniel Island schools.\u00a0 I was thankful for the higher railings at the top since they one was a good distance up.\u00a0 They thought it was so funny how little Mommy looked from WAY up high!\u00a0 It was over 108 degrees that day and no one else was brave enough to play on the jungle gym (or maybe they were smart enough to stay inside).\u00a0 This park had really nice restaurants but the water fountain was broken.<\/p>\n

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Brina bringing their flip-flops over<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the Mt. Pleasant Palmetto Islands County Park.\u00a0 It has a wide area with the rubber padding.\u00a0 The girls loved playing at this park.\u00a0 You could also rent paddle boats, go to a Water Park or go on a hike.<\/p>\n

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Caught Karlie sneaking down the long slide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The girls loved being “big” enough to climb up to the top of the tallest jungle gym and go down the long slide.\u00a0 It took them several tries to work up enough courage to get up the climbing wall or pole but it was well worth it!<\/p>\n

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Spinning in the yellow tire swing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The girls liked spinning and spinning in the yellow tire swing.\u00a0 It made me sick just spinning and watching them after a few minutes.\u00a0 They thought it was hilarious to jump off and run across the playground after spinning for several minutes!<\/p>\n

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Karlie riding on another one of the spinning items at the park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She could spin herself but her preference was to have me stand beside her and spin until she said that was good.<\/p>\n

They literally wore out their flip-flops on this Charleston trip.\u00a0 Since we were staying in a different location we were able to visit several parks and they girls played hard.\u00a0 We tried to meet Daddy over lunch most days to take him on a picnic to one of the cool parks the girls have discovered, if we didn’t get a chance to go with him over lunch they would insist he check out the parks after dinner in the evening.\u00a0 The girls were very good despite the heat during our visit to Charleston that week!\u00a0 Although they would crash by the time we got back to the hotel at night, they were ready to head back out at the break of dawn!\u00a0 What amazing memories we made during our park explorations in Charleston!\u00a0 We are already looking forward to our next trip together!<\/p>\n

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We found a cute little park on Daniel’s Island, SC with a lot of shade and water fountains (thankfully since it was over 107 and humid that day) only a couple miles down the road from where Jake was working.\u00a0 This was the most entertaining part on the whole jungle gym!\u00a0 It was a moving bridge!\u00a0 You could get on it at one location of the jungle gym and either have someone push you across or you could stand at other side and spin a wheel that pulls you across to the other side of the jungle gym.\u00a0 The girls (and Mommy) where fascinated by this cool moving bridge and it provided quite a bit of entertainment for all of us! Karlie thought this wall in the park was awesome!\u00a0 She would climb up, sit for a few minutes watching everyone and talk anyone nearby then get down.\u00a0 I think she liked being up higher and over looking the park! She thought it was hilarious going through the random tunnels and would giggle when she “caught” me watching at her!\u00a0 So sneaky! These bubble blowers were such a HUGE hit!\u00a0 It was so cute seeing Brina just checking out it’s face, it really was a bug friend to her! I tried to find these again this year but they must have sold out.\u00a0 When you blow through the tail of the dragon fly the silver wings spin and a lot of bubbles come out of the dragon fly’s mouth. This was shortly before a wave of bubbles came my way.\u00a0 Brina thought it was awesome blowing dragonfly bubbles my direction! The Waterfront Park under the Arthur Ravenel Bridge is one of our favorite parks to hang out at in Charleston.\u00a0 It always has shade from the bridge and has very clean restrooms and a cold water fountain. The Waterfront park is a great place to hang out before going into Downtown Charleston.\u00a0 You can play in the park, walk on the pier, enjoy ice cream from the snack shop or watch free movies in the evenings during the summer months. Brina and Karlie taking a few minutes to cool down and talk while sitting on the slide.\u00a0 They thought it was such a cool place to sit! Karlie content to relax for a few moments against the boat’s railing.\u00a0 This little park is in front of the Information Center for Daniel’s Island right next to a pier.\u00a0 The girls really liked this park even though it did not have a lot of shade, a restroom or water fountain they still requested to go to this park to walk the pier and “pet” their turtle friends. The girls thought it was very cool having the boat in the park. Karlie is laughing at Daddy, while Brina and Daddy look at the camera.\u00a0 The girls thought this park was so much fun that they had to take Daddy by to check it out too! An inside shot of the boat.\u00a0 The girls and Daddy were having a fun decision about boats by the time I got their.\u00a0 Jake had to be melting that day, it was well over 100 degrees and he was in pants and a long sleeved shirt.\u00a0 Thankfully he was okay going to the “turtle park” to have a picnic with his girls over lunch despite the heat. One of the turtles They named each turtle and every time we go back they catch on their friends. Karlie and Brina on the top for the jungle gym at a park across from one of the Daniel Island schools.\u00a0 I was thankful for the higher railings at the top since they one was a good distance up.\u00a0 They thought it was so funny how little Mommy looked from WAY up high!\u00a0 It was over 108 degrees that day and no one else was brave enough to play on the jungle gym (or maybe they were smart enough to stay inside).\u00a0 This park had really nice restaurants but the water fountain was broken. This is the Mt. Pleasant Palmetto Islands County Park.\u00a0 It has a wide area with the rubber padding.\u00a0 The girls loved playing at this park.\u00a0 You could also rent paddle boats, go to a Water Park or go on a hike. The girls loved being “big” enough to climb up to the top of the tallest jungle gym and go down the long slide.\u00a0 It took them several tries to work up enough courage to get up the climbing wall or pole but it was well worth it! The girls liked spinning and spinning in the yellow tire swing.\u00a0 It made me sick just spinning and watching them after a few minutes.\u00a0 They thought it was hilarious to jump off and run across the playground after spinning for several minutes! She could spin herself but her preference was to have me stand beside her and spin until she said that was good. They literally wore out their flip-flops on this Charleston trip.\u00a0 Since we were staying in a different location we were able to visit several parks and they girls played hard.\u00a0 We tried to meet Daddy over lunch most days to take him on a picnic to one of the cool parks the girls have discovered, if we didn’t get a chance to go with him over lunch they would insist he check out the parks after dinner in the evening.\u00a0 The girls were very good despite the heat during our visit to Charleston that week!\u00a0 Although they would crash by the time we got back to the hotel at night, they were ready to head back out at the break of dawn!\u00a0 What amazing memories we made during our park explorations in Charleston!\u00a0 We are already looking forward to our next trip together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,64,4,65,7,10,16,77,18,20,25,38,40,86,43,45],"tags":[710,714,7635,7636,7637,8446,8447,8448,9775,10818,17764,17771,17772,17774,17776,17778,17779,17780,17781,17782,17783,17784,17785,17786,17787,17788,17789,17790,25159,25160,25163,25164,25165,25166,25172],"class_list":["post-8460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","category-events","category-fall-activities","category-family","category-family-outings","category-freebies","category-kids","category-life-simplified","category-living-on-a-budget","category-local-activities","category-raising-multiples","category-summer-activities","category-teaching-our-children-2","category-travel","category-twins","category-vacation","tag-activities-in-charleston-sc","tag-activities-in-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-family-fun-in-charleston-sc","tag-family-fun-in-daniels-island-sc","tag-family-fun-in-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-free-activities-in-charleston-sc","tag-free-activities-in-daniels-island-sc","tag-free-activities-in-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-fun-activities-in-daniels-islands-sc","tag-great-parks","tag-park-near-downtown-charleston","tag-parks-in-charleston","tag-parks-in-mt-pleasant","tag-parks-in-south-carolina","tag-parks-near-downtown-charleston-sc","tag-parks-on-daniels-island","tag-parks-with-free-parking-charleston-sc","tag-parks-with-free-parking-daniels-island-sc","tag-parks-with-free-parking-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-parks-with-restrooms-charleston-sc","tag-parks-with-restrooms-daniels-island-sc","tag-parks-with-restrooms-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-parks-with-shade-charleston-sc","tag-parks-with-shade-daniels-island-sc","tag-parks-with-shade-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-parks-with-water-fountains-charleston-sc","tag-parks-with-water-fountains-daniels-island-sc","tag-parks-with-water-fountains-mt-pleasant-sc","tag-visiting-charleston","tag-visiting-charleston-2011","tag-visiting-charleston-south-carolina","tag-visiting-daniels-island","tag-visiting-daniels-island-2011","tag-visiting-daniels-island-south-carolina","tag-visiting-mt-pleasant-south-carolina"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-2cs","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}