Saturday, March 14, 2026

Our Koffee Trail: Be Known Coffee & Roaster

Date of Visit: March 14, 2026

Location: Be Known Coffee & Roaster, Little River, SC

Rating: ❤️ (Love)

This weekend we did our coffee outing on Saturday instead of our usual Sunday so we could try out Be Known Coffee in Little River. We really enjoyed the coffee here as well as the conversation with another customer as we sat and chatted while drinking our first drinks (Mom wanted another to go, so we all got another to go).

As Dad's usual is a Flat White, his first drink was the Spiced Orange Flat White, which he really liked. To go he got their dark roast Kenya drip coffee. My first drink was the seasonal Lemon Drop Latte, which was an unique and delicious latte. I also enjoyed the Chocolate Orange Ball Latte I got. Mom got a Snickerdoodle Latte for both her drinks.


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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Our Koffee Trail: Beach Hippie Coffee

Date of Visit: March 10, 2026

Location: Beach Hippie Coffee, Myrtle Beach, SC

Rating: 👍 (Like)

Mik needed nourishment after his fasting blood draw and Beach Hippie Coffee was on our list of local coffee shops we visited at Coastal Coffee Fest. No seasonal specials because their regular special lattes list is extensive. They also make their own bagels and cinnamon rolls. 

Mik had the Supreme Bourbon Maple Iced Latte and Bakin Me Crazy Asiago Bagel Sandwich.

Bakin Me Crazy Asiago Bagel Sandwich

Dad had an Everything Bagel with Almond Butter and a cup of their Salty Butcher dark roast coffee. Mik says we need to go back with me so he can try other lattes on the menu.

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Saturday, March 7, 2026

Ranger Dan: 108.2 Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

Date of Visit: March 7, 2026

Mom, Dad, and I visited Fort Moultrie as a quick day trip to get the America 250 stamp for Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie NHP as well as the nearby Charles Pinckney NHS. Charles Pinckney NHS is closed this time of year, but we have been to before so felt okay getting the 250 stamp without visiting it. However, we might still visit later this year if we get a chance since as a home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence it is very relevant to America 250.

Revolutionary War Private

Originally, we just planned to get the stamps and walk around the fort to get some Ranger Dan photos and for me to do a sketch in my sketchbook I am collection my stamps in for America 250 this year. However, we ended up also watching the movie because it is new since Dad and I visited last year as a field trip with Nora. Previously the movie was about the fort's history from 1776 through the 1940s. For the 250, the new movie focuses just on the Battle of Sullivan's Island, which was the Revolutionary War battle that occurred on June 28, 1776 while the original fort was still being constructed.

Revolutionary War Leather Cap

America 250 Stamp w/ Fort Moultrie

Fort Moultrie

Revolutionary War Cannon

Revolutionary War Cannon Sketch

Moultrie's Grave

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Our Koffee Trail: Grit & Grind Coffee

Date of Visit: March 7, 2026

Location: Grit & Grind Coffee, Georgetown, SC

Rating: 👍 (Like)

On our way to Fort Moultrie for America 250 stamps, we stopped in Georgetown for some coffee at Grit & Grind Coffee.

Mom got an Icehouse (cold brew, espresso shot, cold foam, sugar free caramel). Dad got a Flat White. I got an Iced Maple Latte.

Mom also got a Spinach & Mushroom Quiche, which she says was the best quiche she ever had.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Ranger Dan: 30.2 Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site

Date of Visit: February 27, 2026

When we started the day, we only planned to stop at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Frederick Douglass NHS on our way home from Philadelphia. When we were leaving Frederick Douglass NHS, it was only a little after 10am and Dad asked if there was anything we had missed in Richmond. Thus, we ended up adding Maggie L. Walker NHS as our final stop of our America 250 stamp collecting trip.

We arrived at Maggie L. Walker NHS after the 1pm tour had started, but it starts with a 20 minute movie and they allowed us to join the tour when the movie finished so we could go on the house part of the tour. I am glad we were able to as Nora is really into Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, so I was pretty sure she would find Maggie L. Walker interesting, too. In the end besides Ford's Theatre (and standing where Lincoln stood in front of Independence Hall...she's also a big Lincoln fan), the Maggie L. Walker NHS was her favorite part of our trip.

Overall on our six day trip to and from Philadelphia, we collected 31 America 250 stamps and 153 total stamps.

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Ranger Dan: 37.2 Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Date of Visit: February 27, 2026

Our visit to Frederick Douglass National Historic Site was very brief as we didn't want to hang around for the 12:30pm tour since we had to get home that night. If we had stayed, we also wouldn't have ended up with time to stop at the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, which we decided to visit after not getting a tour here, we realized we could fit it in and still get home at a somewhat reasonable time.

After getting our stamps, we walked up to his house and checked out the Growlery behind it.

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Ranger Dan: 42.6 National Capital Parks - Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

Date of Visit: February 27, 2026

When we left for our Philadelphia trip, we had planned to just drive straight home on the last day. On our visit to Greenbelt Park, the ranger mentioned that Kenilworth had just got in their 250 stamp, so we decided to see if we could get it on our way home. I determined if we got on the road by 6am, then we could not only stop at Kenilworth, but also Frederick Douglass NHS.

We actually managed to get on the road before 6am and even with a leisurely breakfast at a Starbucks (only option that early), we ended up at Kenilworth around 8:30am. We had to wait until 9am for the Visitor Center to open, but the park opens at 8am, so we were able to walk out to the marsh before getting our stamps.

We knew there wouldn't be much to see with it not being the season for the lilies and lotuses, but it was interesting to see the ponds frozen and see the park in a much different season than when Dad and I visited for the Lotus and Water Lily Festival a few years ago.

When the Visitor Center opened, we were excited to find they not only had the National Capital Parks East 250 Stamp that I thought would be the 250 stamp here, but they also had one for Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Anacostia Park. 

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