Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Stumphouse Tunnel & Issaqueena Falls

Posted by Chad on February 9th, 2010 under Outdoors, Travel Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

This weekend, the wife and I decided to take a day trip to Walhalla and nearby Stumphouse Mountain Park, which includes Stumphouse Tunnel and Issaqueena Falls. Walhalla is a small town about 20 minutes south of Clemson on Highway 11, and the park is on the other side of the highway from Sumter National [...]

Nationals Park

Posted by Chad on January 26th, 2010 under Sports, Travel Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

The wife and I drove up to DC recently to explore our old haunts and visit some friends. Some things looked different and some things looked the same, but the biggest change was in the Navy Yard area where the new Washington Nationals stadium was built:

We moved away from DC just before the stadium [...]

Falls Creek Falls

Posted by Chad on January 25th, 2010 under Greenville, Outdoors, Travel Tags: , , , ,  •  No Comments

Last week, the wife and I decided to leave the house get some vitamin D. The foothills of North and South Carolina have many waterfalls, so we decided to visit the one closest to home. Falls Creek Falls is in the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area in northern Greenville County.

Shrimp Boil

Posted by Chad on April 25th, 2009 under Cooking, Recipes, Travel Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

After visiting Historic Charleston and Jekyll Island, my wife and I spent a few days at the beach in Florida. You’d think the seafood would be a lot cheaper, being on the coast and all, but it’s not that different from my local grocery store. Then again, I live in a coastal state. [...]

Jekyll Island

Posted by Chad on April 24th, 2009 under Travel Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

My wife and I recently stayed at the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, GA.

Historic Charleston

Posted by Chad on April 23rd, 2009 under Travel Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

Leave it to my wife and me to visit Charleston on the same day as the Cooper River Bridge Run. Luckily, we spent the first half of the day at the Charleston Tea Plantation, so the race was over and the roads were cleared by the time we got to historic, downtown Charleston. [...]

Charleston Tea Plantation

Posted by Chad on April 23rd, 2009 under Travel Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

A few weeks ago, my wife and I made a trek down to Charleston, SC. On the way, we stopped at the only working tea plantation in the country:

We took the trolley tour and learned all about how tea goes from bush to beverage.