Our general plan was to get in the car and drove north through the North Mountains to go leaf peeping and visit a few sites. The line of cars to go on the suspended bridge at Grandfather Mountain went on …
Category: Journeys
Cornerstone Minerals: A Review
I like rocks and gemstones. Always have. When I was younger, I collected them. Even as an adult, I would get little bags of rocks from the Smithsonian during Chris and I’s trips to the Museum of Natural History. #nerdstatus …
Saturdays in the South: College Football Game Tips
My sister decided to surprise my brother-in-law, an Alabama football fan, with a getaway weekend trip to watch the Crimson Tide play. They have a “don’t-check-the-account-near-your-birthday” pact which is the only way to pull this kind of surprise off. She …
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The Village of West Greenville
As the kids say the Village of West Greenville is popping. There are over a dozen new businesses on the main street. In between being called in to work one Saturday, Chris and I decided to check out the area …
Founding Farmers (Washington, DC)
We ended the Great Northeastern Trek in DC. The DC leg of the trip was relatively unplanned in comparison to the rest of our vacation. I lived in DC for almost four years and Chris had visited me there several …
Review: One Backpack Challenge (aka The Great Northeastern Trek)
We did it. We took a seven day trip (Boston, Portsmouth, Newport, New Haven, NYC, Havre de Grace, and DC) and each carried only one book bag + a small crossbody purse (not Chris, me). This trip came together in …
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Weekend Travels: Aiken, South Carolina and Hopeland Gardens
Last Saturday, Chris wanted to check out Aiken, South Carolina last weekend so off we went. We didn’t have any particular plans except that we had to eat somewhere local. There was basically one wide main street with shopping on …
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