Americana: Myrtle Beach Minigolf and Cowpens Battlefield

Kate and I headed back home after a few days in Myrtle Beach. The visit was pleasant but uneventful.......just like I like 'em.
As we left town, Kate made a few snapshots of a miniture golf place. Myrtle Beach has many of them, and each tries to be flashier than the next.

Because it was on the way home, and because it is considered by many scholars to have been the pivotal battle of the Revolutionary War, we stopped by the Cowpens National Battlefield...no, I'm not making that up. Cowpens is located a short distance north of Spartanberg, where we had spent the night.

If your interested in more information on this little-known but very important battle, named for the rustic pasture lands for which it is named, see Cowpens.

Two U.S. military ships were named in memory of the Battle of Cowpens. The first USS Cowpens, an aircraft carrier, served in World War II. The second USS Cowpens, a guided missile cruiser, was commissioned in 1991 and served in the Persian Gulf. Both vessels were nicknamed The Mighty Moo.