Day 1 On our first morning of the road trip we woke up early to start our 6 hour drive from Florida to Charleston, South Carolina. Our first planned stop was to visit the Angel Oak, which is about 30 minutes outside of Charleston. This is thought to be one of the oldest things in [...]
Boston is such a historic and beautiful city. We spent a long weekend here with some of our friends over Labor Day one September. The food was amazing, the weather was great, and the company was even better. Day 1 Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum (11 min walk from the hotel). This was a [...]
As a huge history nerd I had always wanted to visit America's first nation’s capital city. So much of our history began in Philadelphia, including the signing of the Declaration of Independence, so I was eager to visit. Finally one autumn, I booked us flights and we spent a long weekend in the "City of [...]
St. Augustine, Florida is not only the oldest city in Florida, but the oldest European-settled city in the United States. This is also one of the first places that sparked my travel interests as a child as it was the first historic family vacation we took (as Floridians, we typically visited Orlando and Disney World). [...]
"I'm glad we were here together in our nation's capital." - Forrest Gump (1994) As I have mentioned before, Washington D.C. is one of my favorite cities (well I say that, but I really love Paris. Boston. Philadelphia. Vancouver. Mont Saint Michel. The list really goes on and on), and the city I have visited [...]
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey A few years ago we flew to Norfolk to begin a week-long trip exploring the western coast of Virginia. We began this trip by staying with a a friend who was stationed in Norfolk [...]
Postcards and Airplanes 