Travel dates: Friday, June 23-Sunday, July 2, 2017 We’ve passed the halfway mark of our big summer trip and are spending the week with Dave’s family in California, staying in his parents’ condo while our trailer is parked and empty and all lonely down the street. But now to look back at our week or […]
Wyoming and a Little Montana: Yellowstone, Grand Teton, etc: Big Road Trip Update #3
Travel dates: June 13-June 23, 2017 Let’s get this week’s minor catastrophe out of the way first, since there always is one. Flashback to our last morning in St. Louis when we discovered a deer tick, very much attached, on Abe. Two of my older kids got Lyme a few years ago on a trip to […]
A Whole Lot of South Dakota: Cross Country Trip Update #2
Travel dates: June 2-12, 2017 We’re more than two weeks into our trip now, and it feels like a really long time since my last check in a bit over a week ago. Time passes weirdly when you’re traveling, I’ve noticed. I left off with a bit of a cliff-hanger about our maybe broken/leaky air […]
Charlestowne Landing and a Carriage Tour: the last Charleston Post!
Travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 Well, I meant to get all the Charleston posts finished before we left for our big summer trip, but sometimes getting ready for one’s next trip gets in the way of blogging about one’s last trip. But here I am with one last post about stuff we did on our […]
….and We’re Off! Starting our 2017 Cross Country Trip
Travel dates: May 27-June 1, 2017 We’re approaching one week in to our eight week long cross country trip, so I thought I’d do a quick check-in (more comprehensive posts about the places we’re visiting and campground reviews to come….sometime). I’m going to try to do these once a week or so….a quick recap and […]
Forts of Charleston: Moultrie and Sumter
Travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 When British warships attacked the partially finished Fort Moultrie in 1776, the story goes, the colonists were able to stave off the attack thanks to the palmetto logs that made up the fort’s walls. The soft walls absorbed the shot, and some cannonballs even bounced off of them. I’ve always […]
Windy Folly Beach and Bohemian Bull: Charleston Trip
travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 What with Charleston being right there on the coast and all, there are a number of nearby beaches to choose from. We went with Folly Beach because a few friends recommended it and because it’s very close to James Island County Park, where we stayed. If you’re staying at James […]
Ships and Submarines in Charleston, SC: USS Yorktown, Hunley, et. al.
Travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 We visited Charleston for the first time a few years ago. It was a quick visit, and we went mostly to see Dave’s sister, Amy, and her husband and kids, who were in the area visiting family for the holidays. But one of the few things we got to see […]
McLeod Plantation in Charleston, SC with Kids
When our McLeod Plantation tour guide, Paul, tells us, “‘Plantation’ is really just a euphemism for ‘for profit slave labor camp,’” I know we’ve come to the right place. We try it out, driving around Charleston later in the trip: “Shadowmoss Slave Labor Camp Golf Club.” “Slave Labor Camp Oaks Apartments.” I can see why […]
James Island County Park near Charleston, SC: Campground Review
Travel dates: April 1-8, 2017 Check out my post about Drayton Hall in Charleston over on the other blog. For some destinations, one campground rises to the top through all the buzz and reviews, and makes the where to stay decision really easy. Charleston is one of those places, so we didn’t hesitate to book […]