Day 2 of our Valentine’s Weekend Getaway | Saint Simons Island, GA | Fort Frederica National Monument | Fort Mose, FL | Friday, February 12, 2016 We began our second day of vacation by letterboxing as we made our way to Saint Simons Island. The boxing started right across the street in a hotel parking lot,…
I realized the other day in a conversation with my wife that in all my posts and history about the various forts that we have been to I have been referencing a trip we did to Fort Moultrie, but we have yet to post an article about it! So I am here now to rectify…
Visiting the Old Sheldon Church Ruins | Beaufort, SC | February 2016 Part 3 of our 3 day weekend to Hunting Island/Savannah! Read the previous days here: Day 1 – the drive down; Beaufort, SC and surrounding areas; Hunting Island | Day 2 – our day in Savannah and surrounding areas. As we drove back…
Visiting Savannah, GA | Downtown Savannah | Bonaventure Cemetery | Fort Pulaski National Monument | February 2016 We woke up in our tent having slept well (or at least better than other camping trips) and made our way to the beach to watch the sunrise. This sounded like a romantic idea, but proved to be…
After our visit to Hunting Island in January, we were very anxious to go back and spend more time there. I think I planned out the itinerary of a potential weekend trip the week we got back. We also really wanted to try out camping on the beach. On a Monday a couple weeks ago, the…
It is so cool to me to think that this area which we live in has documented history going back over 300 years. Not only that, but there is still so much that has yet to be discovered – just because it’s been around for so long doesn’t mean they have it all figured out….