LIVING

Desolation as far as the eye can see. A landscape ravaged by the Earth rending and cracking apart from 15,000 to 2,000 years ago. More than 25 separate cones created 60 distinct lava flows. The devastation remains 2000 years after the last lava flow trickled out and the Earth’s wound stopped it’s deluge of molten rock. This is my second time visiting Craters of the Moon National Park in the last year. I decided to go with my brothers and sisters and their families while visit

I up and left my family in South Carolina and flew to Salt Lake City so I could drive to Idaho Falls and visit my parents. My Dad has had some complications with surgery and I wanted to spend some time with them. As I was driving to Idaho, I was able to investigate something that I have heard about but that I never wanted to pursue because I never wanted to make my family bored. I had always heard a rumor of a grave just north of the Welcome to Idaho sign on I-15 and I wanted

I’m going to let you all in on a little secret. They don’t grow butterflies at a a butterfly garden.They grow plants that attract butterflies. We went to a Butterfly Garden in Greensville, South Carolina at the Roper Mountain Science Center and we saw a lot of plants that attract butterflies, but we didn’t see a lot of butterflies. The garden was set up really well by the Greater Greenville Master Gardeners Association. Each plant had a sign that told what it was, as well as

As I walked among the graves in Savannah’s Bonevanture Cemetery I travelled through history. The Oaks covered with Spanish moss bowed down under the weight of the history of those that lay beneath. There was a spooky calm that filled the 100 acre graveyard. I couldn’t help but feel the regret of those that passed to soon, or didn’t live the life they were destined to. I couldn’t help but feel the peace of those that experienced a fulfilled life. When I am buried how will othe

It was so fortunate for us to meet Marisa’s parents while we were in Georgia and South Carolina. We figured out that we were in the same area because Marisa’s father saw her post about Savannah on Facebook. After spending a day with them in Charleston, we went to Savannah and took a hop on hop off historic bus tour. It was pretty awesome and a really nice way to see the city. I can’t get enough of the cool old buildings. I seriously could spend a week walking around the city

There is a street in Savannah that sits by the river. It is called River Street, which makes me wonder who the ad wizard was that came up with that name. I mean it makes sense, but can’t we come up with something better? Now that I think of it, a lot of the guys that named the streets near the Ocean weren’t extremely clever. Fisherman’s wharf, Sea side Street, Ocean Drive, and the extremely unique Ocean Street (as opposed to the drive). The names might not be very clever but

With all of it’s history, Savannah, Georgia is said to have a lot of hauntings. Maya and I were able to do a ghost tour of what is considered to be one of the most haunted places, the Weed Sorrel House. The house was built on top of a former Revolutionary war battle ground (like a lot of Savannah) and therefore it was placed on top of the graves of soldiers. The house was built by Francis Sorrel. He married Lucinda Moxley who died from Scarlet Fever 5 years after the marriage

We were lucky enough to be in Charleston when they were having a Farmers Market at Marion Square. The subtropical climate must provide great opportunities for growing because the variety and beauty of the produce in the various stalls was amazing. There were tomatoes everywhere. I thought that the white and green asparagus was probably the most beautiful thing at the market. I wanted to buy all the herbs that I could see but it’s hard to have a lot of herbs while living in a

The day after we visited Savannah we found out that Marisa’s parents were going to be in Charleston so we drove to Charleston to explore the city with them. It was a lot of fun to have a chance meetup with family and Charleston is another amazing city full of history. The old houses were so amazing and we spent a lot of time walking through the neighborhoods near the Battery. It was a hot day so we spent a lot of time in the shade. Our kids weren’t thrilled that we were looki

One of my Mom’s favorite cities in the wold is Savannah Georgia, and let me telly you it did not disappoint. Our first day there we stopped at the main visitor center and then hiked to Forsyth Park. From there we walked south through a lot of the different squares that were planned into the city when it was first established by British General James Oglethorpe. The city was designed to have the green, garden filled squares throughout the city, and then the squares were surrou