Charleston-Magnolia Gardens-Christmas 2016
We headed to Plantation Road to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens and some walking! The gardens are huge and even in winter they are amazing! The view of the river and all the wildlife was incredible! The best experience turned out to be the petting zoo! I bought Phyllis some animalContinue Reading
Charleston-Francis Marion National Forrest and Wambah Creek-2016
We headed north to Francis Marion Wilderness and Wambah Creek, an incredible swamp creek with tidal water flow! The tides worried me a little bit, but I read them just right and the tide was strong behind us on the way into the swamp and turned and was behind usContinue Reading
Charleston Harbor View-Christmas 2016
You know you are a little crazy when you are the only people to book a sailing tour in December! Of course the kite-surfer we passed was a lot crazier than we were! I always work on the philosophy that AT LEAST one person is crazier than I am! OurContinue Reading
Charleston Aerial View-Christmas 2016
Due to rain, our major gift for our first day was moved from 11am to 4:30pm! The gift was a flight over Charleston and all the surrounding area! Turns out, we got to have a romantic sunset flight over the beaches of Charleston and the city along with theContinue Reading
Patriot’s Point-Christmas 2016
Rather than buy a whole lot of things we didn’t really need or have the space for, Phyllis and I gave each other a trip to Charleston for Christmas! It was an amazing week and I will be posting a lot of pictures so if you aren’t interested, you canContinue Reading
Buck’s Pocket and Jim Lynn Overlook-Thanksgiving 2016
We made one last stop at another place we had never been! Buck’s Pocket closed the campground and main area sometime back so I had never thought about going there! However, a local at High Falls told us the view from the overlook was amazing, so we went toContinue Reading
High Falls Alabama-Thanksgiving 2016
On our way home we found an amazing new place! High Falls is incredible! Without water, which a local told us never happens, it was an awesome site, but I could just imagine what it would be like when high water was flowing! I had seen information on these fallsContinue Reading
Lake Guntersville-Thanksgiving 2016 Part 2
We made two major exploratory trips this week on Lake Guntersville! Next summer we hope to paddle from Lake Nickajack Dam to Lake Guntersville Dam, a total of 76 miles! We did a total of about 12 hours and around 15 miles on the lake and found some goodContinue Reading
Shelley the Armadillo-Lake Guntersville 2016
On our first day of paddling Lake Guntersville, I noticed a movement in the woods and we pulled in to see what it was! We saw the shell move and then the rest of the Armadillo popped up from behind a log! I climbed out of the boat and ShelleyContinue Reading
Lake Guntersville Thanksgiving 2016
Finally made it back out on the water! After getting the kids off to their dads, we headed to Goose Pond Colony Campground on Lake Guntersville! Since we were the only tent campers there, we got a great site right on the lake and set up camp! Other than enjoyingContinue Reading