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Fort Frederica
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Chattanooga and Nashville
The family headed out to a mini vacation to Chattanooga and Nashville. we stopped at a few place with our caravan of the Bakers. Our first stop was at Coolidge Park where Evely and Pence made us proud by playing with an iPod in this grand play area. After playing around we ate at a [...] -
Ramsey Cascades
One of the more recent hikes I took was to Ramsey Cascades with friends from “the Grove.” It was a great hike! Although it was freezing cold. It was foggy as well, but we still were able to get some decent shots. -
Kings Mt. & Cowpens Battlefields
The last two NPS sites we visited were Kings Mt. and Cowpens National Battlefields. They both were educational and great to experience. I’d love to write more, but I’m on dial up and Sarah is trying to go to sleep over my overbearing thumps on the keyboard. Maybe I’ll add more later to this post. -
Congaree National Park
I would have loved to have stayed at Congaree NP longer, but there just wasn’t that much time. With an hour and a half we took in the amazing interactive museum and then went on a quick hike on the boardwalk trail. I look forward to coming back and seeing each of the 20 champion [...] -
Savannah
While vacationing in Savannah we stopped at an amazing National Monument called Fort Pulaski, name after Casimir Pulaski, who also has a holiday named after him in Chicago, which just so happens to be an AMAZING song by Sufjan Stevens because of an event that happened to Stevens on that day. The Fort is quite an [...] -
Ninety Six
After visiting the Carl Sandburg Home we headed south to Ninety Six NHS. Ninety Six has been the site of two Cherokee War battles, and two American Revolution battles. One of the many significance of this site is that the first American casualty of the Revolution in the South. After going into the visitor center [...] -
Carl Sandburg
Today my family and I took off from Fontana Dam and headed towards the general direction of Savannah. We took a few stops along the way… One of my hobbies is the National Park Services’ many establishments. We stopped first at Flat Rock, NC. Here we saw the home of author, biographer, poet, folk singer, [...] -
Andersonville NHS
On the way back from Florida we decided to stop at the nearest National Park Service spot off of I75. Where we ended up going was Andersonville National Historic Site. This site once was the largest Civil War POW camp for Union soldiers. During the war over 45,000 soldiers were held captive here, and 12,920 [...] -
Copper Mine
I forgot to post this in November. Sarah and I had some dear friends from Florida come to our home here in NC. We were excited since William and Heidi were the first to see the house. I was able to take WIlliam out for a hike. It was cut short because of everything going [...]
