We returned last night from our long-awaited, much-anticipated long weekend getaway to the mountains. This was the first real break we’ve gotten since before Curtis started school in February, and we took full advantage of every day off. Was that the smartest thing to do with Curtis’ upcoming test? Maybe not, but I’m pretty sure…
Santee & Orangeburg, South Carolina | Santee State Park | Santee National Wildlife Refuge | Edisto Memorial Gardens | Wannamaker County Park | May 14, 2016 This past weekend we didn’t really know what we wanted to do. The weather was promising to be rather steamy, but we wanted to do something outdoors and with…
Weekend Trip to Augusta, GA and Northwestern South Carolina | Part 1 | April 22 & 23, 2016 As I mentioned several times in my post about Magnolia Plantation and Curtis’ Birthday, we really wanted to get out and go for a road trip to celebrate, but it just didn’t work out that weekend. But…
2 Day Trip to King’s Mountain/Crowder Mountain on the SC-NC Border | March 4-5, 2016 | Part 1 One Friday morning before he left for school, Curtis briefly mentioned to me that he might get an early out that day, so if I wanted to plan a little trip that would be okay – we just…
Day 4 of our Valentine’s Weekend Getaway | Palm Coast, Florida | Sunday, February 14, 2016 It was our last full day in Florida, and we had saved the things we knew we’d love for Valentine’s day: hiking and letterboxing! We ran out and grabbed some heart shaped donuts for breakfast, then took off heading…
Visiting Sesquicentennial State Park & Poinsett State Park, South Carolina | January 2016 Part 2 of our MLK weekend adventure! Read part 1 here. After visiting Congaree National Park, we headed to the East side of Columbia to visit a state park and do some more hiking and letterboxing for the day. Since we have an…