South Carolina Aquarium || Charleston, SC || July 2016 Last weekend, we decided to try out one of our “rainy day/way too hot to be outside day” ideas on account of the forecast being the latter. Simply too hot to enjoy being outside! I had heard some good things about the aquarium and it was different…
Weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains Video | July 2016 I actually made an effort to record little videos from our trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and here is the result. I think the main reason it was so much easier for me to remember is because we were seeing so many waterfalls, and…
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…
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…
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…
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…