Curtis’ 23rd Birthday Weekend | April 9, 2016 | Magnolia Plantation | Charleston, SC Curtis’ birthday fell on a Saturday this year, and while we would have loved to get out of town to celebrate Curtis’ birthday in the mountains, that just didn’t work out for us this time. He had security duty that night, and…
April 2-3, 2016 At the beginning of the month, Curtis’ parents and sister came down to see us for the weekend! They arrived late on Friday, April 1 and stayed till Monday morning, giving us 2 days to show them around our corner of the Low Country. It was so exciting to host both of…
River’s Bridge SHS | Ehrhardt, SC | March 19, 2016 A few weeks ago, we spent the day visiting River’s Bridge State Historic Site, one of the only places to see any action in South Carolina during the Civil War. It is nearly 2 hours from Charleston – pretty much in the middle of nowhere. 😉…
2 Day Trip to King’s Mountain/Crowder Mountain on the SC-NC Border | March 4-5, 2016 | Part 2 After our time at Crowder Mountain State Park, we made the short drive over to Kings Mountain National Military Park. I believe I have actually visited this place before, way back in 2000 on a family vacation….
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…
A Day Discovering James Island, SC | February 27, 2016 Fun fact: This was the only weekend we spent actually in the greater Charleston area in February. Now that Curtis is tied down to school, we are so glad we took so much time to travel, and now our weekends are focused on getting to…