Our trip to Cypress Gardens.
While we were in Charleston we had the opportunity to hit up a wonderful place called Cypress Gardens. If you have ever seen the Mel Gibson movie, "The Patriot," you might recognize it. Some of the swamp scenes were filmed right here. Before I get to those pictures, just a few from another trip to the park near my mom's. I'm hoping once we get to Georgia, this will be commonplace for my kiddos. Oh the glorious sunshine. Skip to my lou. Back to Cypress. Alligators are common in the low country. This one is a fake. Silly butterflies might be more rare. Abby and Autumn. Cole and Taylor. Emelia and Grass. Enter: The Butterfly house. Doesn't that make you smile? That girl looked like that just about the WHOLE time we were in Charleston. A student of nature. After the butterfly house we went to the reptile house where some people didn't seem to care there were children present. On that note, we went out. To get on the swamp. After rescuing Emelia from the jaws of a ...