This is the first entry into a new catagory that we will be labeling Best Scenic Waterways. We first saw this waterway on November 2, 2010, when all the leaves had fallen from the trees. Today, the leaves have started to return, and the river has more appeal. Starting at Georgetown, SC and working your way north on the ICW to Enterprise Landing, you will have gone about 26 miles of this 140 mile long river. At the southern portion, the river is flanked with bottomland "fields" and hardwood forest. Traveling further north, you enter into cypress swamps. As each mile passed and the river banks got closer, the birds became more evident, from Bald Eagles to Osprey. The river is also home to the American Black Bear and Reptilian Monsters (alligators), but we did not see either. This is the Waccamaw River.
Solitary riverside tree in the Waccamaw River bottomlands
Hardwood forest encroaching on the river
Bottomland fields and hardwood forest in background
Osprey nest
Cypress swamp
Cypress tree with Spanish Moss
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