Reconstruction Era National Historic Park
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Reconstruction Era National Historic Park

Visiting Reconstruction Era National Historic Park | Old Sheldon Church Ruins | Beaufort, SC | January 2024 Back when we lived in South Carolina, we made it a goal to visit every National Park administered site in the state. Throughout our 8 months there, we managed to complete this goal. However, a few months after…

Savannah Revisited
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Savannah Revisited

Visiting Savannah, Georgia | January 2024 When I think back to our time living in the South, some of my favorite memories are the days we spent strolling the charming historic streets of downtown Charleston and Savannah. I like to romanticize these moments in my mind, leaving out all the other realities that accompanied living…

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

Osceola National Forest, FL to Savannah, GA | Visiting Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | January 2024 After spending a great week in Florida, it was time to begin our journey North towards North Carolina. We left Osceola National Forest and drove further East on I-10, then North on FL-121 and entered Georgia on GA-23. Our…

St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
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St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge

Driving from Apalachicola National Forest to Osceola National Forest | Visiting St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | January 2024 After reading about our perfect beach day on St. George Island, you may be wondering, why wouldn’t we want to enjoy more days like that? The truth is, we would have gladly repeated that day over…

St. George Island
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St. George Island

Visiting St. George Island | January 2024 Would it surprise you if I said that today was really the only true ‘beach day’ for us out of a 2.5 week long road trip to the Gulf Coast? If you’re a longtime reader it probably wouldn’t, because we’ve mentioned plenty of times that we aren’t ‘beach…