Greenville, South Carolina

[Anonymous]

I have to go to Greenville South Carolina in about a month, and I am going to have my 17 month old with me. I've never been, has anyone here gone? Anything neat to do?

[Anonymous]

Lots. There is a zoo, a wonderfall waterfront park overlooking the falls at the Reedy River, a cool downtown area with lots of fun stores, and a lot of fun kid-friendly sculptures out on the street. There is a minor league ice hockey team, and there may be other events at the Bi-Lo Center. There is also a performing arts center - I think called the Peace Center - that has kid-friendly events. There is some really nice mountain hiking/state parks not too far away. There is a website - I think it's www.greenville.com, but if that's not right just Google Greenville News and it will pull it up.

My in-laws live there, my DH grew up there, and I lived there for two years many moons ago. I love Greenville, but we moved to DC for my career. If you were going in Spring, I would tell you to drive up to the residential part of Main Street (North Main) because you could see all the magnolia trees in bloom. They are planted in the divider island between the northbound and southbound lanes, and the effect is kind of like the cherry blossom season around here. That used to be my neighborhood - sigh. I think I'll plant a cherry tree in my yard this year.

[Anonymous]

PP, I'm not sure if you are still around, but thank you! We had a great time in Greenville! Main Street is very cute and we had alot of fun with the Mice on Main Scavenger Hunt! We found a neat toy store, pita place, sandwhich shops, all sorts of little stores! But the best part was the Childrens Museum! My son LOVED it and we walked there almost everyday! One day we walked to the zoo on the swamp rabbit trail which was fun, but I wasn't too happy about the zoo. I thought the part where they give you crackers to throw at the giraffes and monkeys was just a little odd and sad. But the playgrounds in front of the zoo were super and worth the walk! The Reedy River Falls was awesome too, hot neat to have that tucked into Main Street! On the weekend we drove to Chimney Rock and the BMW plant, and on our last day we drove to the Georgia Aquarium which was only 2 hours away!