April 6, 2025

Esther and I wanted to get a little bike conditioning and training in before we did the 50K Gambler ride on April 26. so we decided to go spend the night in Travelers Rest, South Carolina and ride on the Swamp Rabbit Trail a wonderful Rails to Trails.

We stayed at the Swamp Rabbit Inn a very small Inn in Travelers Rest, just across the road from the trail. There are only 3 rooms in the main building and maybe 3 cottages on the property. The shared kitchen, living room and pool are very nice and comfortable, This would be a great place to stay with a group of friends.

About 7 miles down trail towards Greenville there is a produce stand, café and coffee shop. Where you can get fresh local produce, sandwiches, snacks, specialty coffee drinks and all kinds of muffins, scones cookies and other goodies. As you can see strawberries were in season. Another time I was there peaches were in and very good. Cleanup from a recent hurricane had just been completed and the sides of the trail were littered with trees and debris.

There is a very nice Tap Room across the street from the Inn and Topsoil, a farm to table restaurant, is very good – so good, in fact, Esther and I went twice and we were in town only for one night.