After traveling in rain for several days we stopped in South Carolina for a quick fix with family. Sherri, John and granddaughter Sarah welcomed us. We watched 8-1/2 year old Sarah do swimming lessons at the McLeod Hospital Fitness Center. Then strawberry pickin'. Finale of the day was grilling outside of deer burgers and deer sausage shot by their friend Bubba! Of course we can't leave out the entertainment. Sarah did Wii-guitar and even found music we enjoyed! Heading to Ohio now. [View Full Entry]

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Loads happening. Lots of photos taken so heres a little glimpse of what ive been up to as summer approaches! I ducked over to London for the weekend a couple of weeks ago to see Gramps before he passed away last weekend. It was excellent to see him and a whole bunch of the UK based family as well. My mate Liam just came to visit so i will load those photos soon as well. Im sure all are well alive and kicking and will be in touch soon........untill then i present to you all photos from South Carolina and a [View Full Entry]

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This morning we are heading out of HH. Had an awesome time while we were here. Got in on Tuesday evening and caught up with some friends we hadn't seen in a while. Wednesday we woke up and got to eat some good southern food (fried chicken and cohnbread) at Cahill's Market. We decided to play some mini golf where we nearly took out some innocent bystanders. Who would have though balls would fly off rocks and travel two holes over?? We hit Wild Wings that evening for 2 for 1 wings, nice. Thursday was Culver's birthday. What better way to [View Full Entry]

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Roger and Janice gave us directions for a short cut to reach the Interstate from Beaufort which would take us past the old historic Shelton Church that was burned during the Civil War. The historic sign states that the church was burned by Union Soldiers. However, R and J told us there is some controversy over exactly who did burn the church. One story says it was Union Soldiers, the other says it was slaves. Over a hundred years later I suppose it does not make a lot of difference. The bottom line is the church was burned. Interestingly a worship [View Full Entry]

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Hunting Island Lighthouse Roger and Janice drove us to Hunting Island today to visit the lighthouse, one of only two build of cast iron plates. The lighthouse had to be moved in 1888 as it was threatened by beach erosion and would have been moved again if the state had not pumped tons and tons of sand to rebuild the beach. The lighthouse is in a beautiful setting, surrounded by trees. The foundations of lighthouse keeper's house as well as that of his assistant are still there. The duplex burned some years ago leaving only the foundations. The Lighthouse We climbed [View Full Entry]

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Earlier during my trip, I had driven through Alabama and South Carolina, in a huge hurry to get to Washing D.C.. I had decided to go back and spend sometime in Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA. While driving to Charleston, I was listening to a local radio station when they played "Rock you like a Hurricane", by Judas Priest. I thought nothing of this, until I started switching stations and four of the stations were playing this same song at the same time. Then the announcer says "yes this is literally going to happen". Then came the beeping announcement....yes, there [View Full Entry]

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Ya en el aeropuerto de Myrtle Beach, creo que voy a extra;ar Charleston. Muy linda ciudad, tranquila y con bastantes cosas para hacer. El barrio historico de charleston, al sur rodeado por el rio, es una mezcla de casas antiguas y coloniales con un toque moderno y colorido y la vegetacion caribe;a de Florida. Hay miles de lugares para comer, tomar y hacer compras(ropa especialmente). El Martes fuimos a cenar al restaurante donde trabaja Cari. La cena fue a las 5:45 porque Mike tenia clase temprano, asi que fue la primera vez que cene tan temprano. Un restaurante de pescado, "Fish" [View Full Entry]

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Despues de las 2hs mas largas de micro de los ultimos tiempos llegue a la estacion de Charleston. Mike y Cari estaban esperando con el auto y en 15 minutos ya estabamos en su casa. Estaban preparando un rico pollo de cena, pero mientras fuimos un rato por la calle principal de la ciudad, King Street, a tomar una cerveza y acompan;ar a Mike a la bilbioteca. El dia fue corto y estaba muerto despues de tanto viaje. El lunes en cambio me levante tipo 9:20am, desayunamos algo rapido con Cari y cuando ella se fue a trabajar yo fui a [View Full Entry]

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So it's been quite a while since I last updated this blog! I have more free time now, since when I leave work I don't go home to homework (oh, it is truly amazing), and so here I am, updating the good ol' travel blog. A few weeks ago I went to South Carolina with my boyfriend, Shawn, and a few friends. We drove there. Twenty-five hours straight. Couldn't tell you how we did it. We broke up the drive on the way back and that was much more fun. Anyway, we stayed on Edisto Island, which is about 45 minutes [View Full Entry]

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Well, I am setting this blog up as my English version of my travel blog (the English/French/Spanish blog = mariearcher.blogspot.com just in case you want to check it out). Amber and I will be heading out of the USA on the 2nd of February, just under two weeks away! It's getting so close!! The closer it gets to our departure date, the more excited and nervous I get...both at the same time. I am in no form nervous as in not wanting to go. More so in the sense of: what will I inevitably forget to pack? Will I have time [View Full Entry]

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