Author: Erica | April 15th, 2009 The triangle formed by Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill seems to encompass a lot of cool stuff to see and do (especially the small area around Duke that we explored). Unfortunately, we only got to spend a day there and so don’t have too many specifics, but we were certainly happy with the few things […]
Author: Erica | April 14th, 2009 PICKS:
Santee State Park, SC
Something that you may not know about South Carolina is that they have a large network of state parks that, although not always dramatically beautiful, will satisfy the needs of most campers with clean bathrooms, hot showers, water and electricity and, best of all, they usually cost between $13-16 per […]
Author: Erica | April 11th, 2009 The principle thing that I will remember about Charleston is the sheer number of GIGANTIC old houses that make up its historic district. It is frankly astonishing that not only did people have the money to build these houses, but that families still live in them and can maintain them. It seems that because Charleston […]
Author: Erica | April 10th, 2009 PICKS: Hunting Island State Park
Our AAA camp book led us to this incredible state park, situated on one of South Carolina’s many sea islands. The campground has beach front marsh forest and all the amenities you might need and, as a result, it’s 200 sites were full to capacity on this Easter vacation week. […]
Author: Erica | April 9th, 2009 It was super interesting getting to see Savannah, but it was a little hard to get to know it. Because Savannah is such a beautiful and historic city it draws a tremendous number of tourists (us included) which makes it difficult to get a sense of the local fabric of the place. I imagine the […]
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