Road Trip to the Mason-Dixon Line, Part 3 • March 18, 2017 • Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, the Maryland Heights Trail, and Washington Monument State Park After our visit to Antietam, we drove about 20 minutes South to our next historic site, Harpers Ferry. We crossed the Potomac River into Virginia briefly then into West Virginia, and got a little too… Read More
Cowpens National Battlefield
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Day 3 || Featuring Lower Douglas Falls, Cowpens National Battlefield, Gaffney and Union, SC || Monday, July 4, 2016 This post is brought to you by Curtis! On our third day of vacation we slept in a bit. We had plans for the day, but the majority of it was driving so we may… Read More
Waterfall Hikes // Blue Ridge Parkway
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Day 2 || Featuring Roaring Fork Falls, Tom’s Creek Falls, Montreat, and the Blue Ridge Parkway || Sunday, July 3, 2016 The day after our big hike, we decided to take it easy and do a driving tour around the Pisgah National Forest. Curtis had gotten in contact with a local letterboxer that recommended… Read More
Hiking Mount Mitchell
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Day 1 || Hiking Mount Mitchell || Saturday, July 2, 2016 We conquered another State High Point last weekend! Hiking to every single one isn’t a top priority to us (though it’s certainly on our bucket list) but when we realized that the high point of NC also happened to be the highest point… Read More
Things to Love about the Blue Ridge Mountains
We just returned from a long weekend getaway to our new favorite place in the Southeast: the Blue Ridge Mountains. This proved to be the most enjoyable escape from life in the Low Country, and as always, left us with a better understanding of the world and of each other. So today, as I sort through pictures, videos, and stories from… Read More