Oct 12, 2016 | travel & adventure
It’s been an interesting thing this year to get glimpses of autumn as it has made its way to these mountains. The very first sign was a single tree–I kid you not–among the thousands that crowd the Black Mountain range as it runs east to west...
Sep 25, 2016 | travel & adventure
I’VE SEVERAL STORIES TO TELL YOU of our September days in the mountains, this being our first early Autumn here in the Blue Ridge. We come and go with great frequency as our primary lives are still lived in South Carolina’s midlands–work,...
Aug 5, 2016 | travel & adventure
We decided to go on a hunt*, Tim and I, now that we’ve had our appetites whetted with two confirmed Black Bear sightings on this, our work/play mountain vacation. It’s become a bit of an obsession, if I’m telling the truth, our need to see more. They...
Jun 6, 2016 | travel & adventure
YOU GOTTA LOVE a clan that holds tight to the tradition of an annual summer reunion, particularly when it’s a family that trades picnics and pound cakes for travel and adventure. It’s just what landed us last week in Costa Rica, a country...
Apr 9, 2016 | travel & adventure
We made the hike down into Hawaii’s Pololu Valley, a steep, rocky path that offered grand payoffs like this. At the base we found a black sand beach and one of the prettiest views of our trip. (My photos do not do it justice, I assure you.)...
Mar 17, 2016 | travel & adventure
Sometimes Hawaii was paradise. And it was still surprising. Never want to miss a post? Leave me your email here and I’ll happily send you a note when there’s a new post! [wysija_form...