Savannah is a beautiful city, with antebellum mansions arranged around picturesque squares. When William Tecumseh Sherman arrived after burning his way across confederate Georgia in his famous/infamous scorched earth march to the sea, he spared Savannah from the torch and gave it to Abraham Lincoln as a Christmas present. One story goes he didn’t raze …
The first month of our honeymoon is almost over and soon we will really get started on this adventure. We’re looking forward to being on the road, experiencing new places, and seeing a lot of what this country has to offer. But before that begins, we decided to soak in the last couple days we …
After our restful night’s sleep in the Walmart parking lot, we decided to camp in Frances Marion National Park. We took a never ending winding gravel road that cut through loblolly pines and swampy wetlands. We were met with this lovely sign. Thank you, Administration 45 for your complete and total incompetency. We drove another …
A list of popular honeymoon destinations would probably include tropical islands, luxurious resorts, maybe cities with centuries of culture, but it’s unlikely the list would include Walmart’s parking lot. But after a great day spent exploring Charleston we took our first foray into urban camping. Our first stop was the gym. For $22 a month …
Ryan and I had never been to Charleston before, so it’s always exciting to go to place where everything is new. As a general rule, we try to spend as little money as possible since we are trying to extend this trip as long as possible, and Charleston was a delight even on a budget. …
One of the projects that Ryan and I had on our Hilton Head “to do” list was building our sleeping platform in the car. We weren’t able to find a good tutorial online for my 2009 Nissan Versa hatchback, so we pieced together a little of this and that and came up with the following. …
Kate and I have some pretty extreme political views. We believe people should have food, shelter, healthcare, education, fair compensation for their labor, clean air and water; and should not be judged by their color, creed, gender, or who they love. A leftist hellscape, I know. It’s been a rough couple of years for people …
Jules and Steve made the long drive down from New York to spend Martin Luther King weekend with us. We have been looking forward to their visit and almost everything we’ve done so far has been examined through the lens of “should we bring our friends to see this?” They arrived Friday night and we …
Ryan and I have really enjoyed discovering new information about the antebellum South and Civil War. It has been interesting too, seeing things from a Southern perspective. Take, for example, the following: Kate: “So, during the civil war...” Jeff, docent of Church of the Cross, built in 1857: “Actually down here they call it the …
As Kate said in her last post Untying the Knot the first week of our trip was all about decompressing, and Hilton Head Island was a great place to do it. My Dad, Mark, has a place here and he was generous enough to let us stay here for the month of January. We’re using …
Beyond the Fold 