 Welcome to the Wallach Way. I'm Jessica. I'm Emily. And we just got back from Congre National Park in South Carolina. So we're gonna tell you guys something that we learned while we were there and then show you part of our trip. So Emily do you want to start? Okay good. Tell them something you learned. I learned about what were those called again? Cypress knees? Yes. I did not know that they were there and I learned what they were for for the trees. They were actually for them to breathe like when the water came out. Things sticking up out of the ground over there by those trees? Yes. Those are the cypress knees. That's the knee or part of the root that comes from the tree that comes up above the ground or above the water so the tree can breathe. It kind of looks like a stalagmite. Mm-hmm. That goes like up from the trees. Mm-hmm. I'll go and check it out. What did you learn? I was surprised. I learned that against what I would assume we went to the pretty much the middle of South Carolina would not expect to find all the habitats and all the experiences of Florida in the middle of South Carolina. But there were cypress trees, cypress knees, swamps, pine trees and mosquitoes just like home. So we got a complete 100 Southern Florida style. Welcome to South Carolina to start our park adventure. Other than that the parks are blast. Lots of decks to walk on so you're not actually walking in the mud or tripping over roots and stuff like that. It's all elevated. It's really nice. Clean. Just had a real good time. We're going to go to the Congerey National Park. Make sure you don't forget your bug spray like we did because unfortunately it's actually kind of funny. There's a mosquito meter at the front of the park in the visitor center and it will tell you how about the mosquitoes are. And a six is it's a war zone. So it wasn't quite a war zone today. It was severe and which was still pretty rough and we didn't take bug spray with us. No, we sure didn't. So if you're going to Congerey National Park do not forget your bug spray. I would say so. Yeah it was definitely not a national park that was on our bucket list. We had a really good time there and I'm very glad that we did it. What about you? What was your favorite part of the whole Congerey National Park experience? Well my favorite part is when it was almost the end of the trip and I got my badge. I was super excited. Yeah I was pretty proud of you. Let's rate it. Congerey National Park on scale one to ten. Like one being don't waste your time going. Ten being oh my gosh don't miss this. It's like the best thing ever. Okay it wasn't an absolute... That's pretty good. What about you? What would you rate it? I think this fair. I would go a seven eight. It was a surprise. It was a hidden gym. It teaches you a lot but I think it had been better with bug spray. I could definitely see it being an eight with some bug spray or in maybe cooler weather when the bugs aren't as bad or on a day when like if you could call ahead and say hey your mosquito is a one to two because it was a four today when we went. So if you were able to go and it was like a one to two then definitely go enjoy it and the park would by far be an eight or if it's a little bit higher on the skin meter just don't forget that bug spray. Where are we heading? So where is that on the map? Well the visitor center is right here that's where we just were a minute ago. Yeah so that's where we're headed now. And what else? What's on there? Anole which is a kind of lizard type thing. Can I go and check it out? Yep if you saw one. I'm kind of hoping we don't see the snake.