Our Third Anniversary Trip || July 22-24, 2016 || Wilmington, NC This past weekend, we took the chance to get away to celebrate our upcoming third wedding anniversary. I can’t believe I’m writing that already…actually, I’m feeling both “How has it been 3 years already” and “How has it only been 3 years”. But I’ll…
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Day 3 || Featuring Lower Douglas Falls, Cowpens National Battlefield, Gaffney and Union, SC || Monday, July 4, 2016 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 as well get…
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…
Weekend in Columbia, Part 3 || Saturday, June 18, 2016 || Visiting Clemson Sandhill Research area, Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, and the Pearl Fryar Topiary Gardens After our brief morning downtown, I was pretty disappointed. Yeah, the state house was cool and those sculptures were pretty sweet, but that was it. It wasn’t even…
Weekend in Columbia, Part 1 || Friday, June 17, 2016 || Hiking & Letterboxing in Lexington County Last week was a challenging one for us. Curtis came down with a bad cold, the days of school seem long and never ending, and the heat and humidity are taking a toll on us. (I even turned on…
Day 4 of our Memorial Weekend Getaway | Sunday, May 29, 2016 | Hiking in Table Rock State Park to Table Rock, then taking the Ridge Trail to Pinnacle Mountain and the Foothills Trail to Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina’s high point If I’m being completely honest, this was the hike that I REALLY wanted to do…