Charleston Trips

Old Slave Market where the slaves used to come off the boat and were sold... This is about 7 blocks long This is Angel Oak... the oldest tree east of the Missisippi River... 1400 years old Aircraft Carrier Yorktown - in Patriots Point... took …

Authors Note: The following going to be a series of essays written about a three month long road trip I took with three of my best friends. All events are as true as I remember them being, and all places are as real as you or I. I am sharing …

Typing this at 6 am in our hotel in Chicago – we should be in SLC, so we’re behind schedule before we’ve actually started! Quite a day yesterday and it already seems light years ago. Journey to Heathrow was fine, though there was quite a long del …

We left a little early, around 10am and stopped at McDonalds so Jan could get an egg mcmuffin and some coffee, and I could try a mocha. They didn't give her cream or sugar as requested so we had to go back and I picked up a bag of ice for the …

The trip finally begins! Getting up at 3 this morning somehow wasn't as bad as I thought, although now I'm having a hard time typing. And seeing. And walking. It was a long day of waiting around at airports and flying, but I finally made it …

Today we set out for Charleston. We went to visit the famous Notebook home where Ally's summer house was. We got to take a tour and see some of the stuff from the movie. It was so fun! For lunch we went to Aaron's Deli. It was great. All I …

Left DC around 5:30 pm since I had to work. We drove through most of Virginia, stopping at Uno's Chicago Grill and staying at the Best Western in Emporia, VA (8 miles from the NC border). We decided to detour off I-95 to visit Myrtle Beach …

Website: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/trip-planner.htm Activities: http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/upload/2007%20trip-planner%20b.pdf Laurel falls: 80-ft high, 2.6-mi roundtrip hike, moderate Hen Wallow falls: 90-ft high, 4.4-mi …

Who: Theresa (Mom and chauffeur extraordinaire), Alexandra (6 year old Leapster aficionado), and the Jeep Cherokee (affectionately known as ‘The Saltmobile’ at this time of year.) What: 2100 miles and 9 days o’ road trip fun When: Nov 22nd-Dec 1s …

July 28, Upon reaching Charleston , we visited the award winning South Carolina Aquarium. The classic sea and freshwater exhibits were ever so good, but the highlight for us was the hands on exhibits of sea urchins, horseshoe crabs, spider …