For our final day, we decided to see the city we have spent the last four days encircling. I hated the idea of driving the truck into the city and trying to find parking for it, so I found the bus schedule. We were in luck, because Charleston has made all the buses free for […]
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Tom, Becky, and Langley were our neighbors in Pittsburgh. Becky was the first friend I met when we moved there. We both moved onto the street in the same month (we even looked at buying each other’s houses), and were looking to find a new friend. Kismet A year ago, the Dearings decided that they
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While visiting Charleston, SC this week, we have been lucky to be able to meet up with old neighbors from Pittsburgh. Becky and Tom were our first friends in Pittsburgh and luckily the friendship has been able to continue through their relocation to Charleston. Tonight we joined them at one of their favorite places, Low
We took to the water today to explore the Crystal Coast at a different angle. We booked a tour through Paddle NC and shoved off from Hammock Beach State Park. The four of us fit into two tandem kayaks and we teamed up in our old ski lift partnerships. Jack also pointed out that the
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While traveling we have plans to complete an astronomy curriculum. Therefore, it was a perfect coincidence that our first camping spot was a great location to watch the longest lunar eclipse in a decade. I kept everyone up late and at 1030pm we tromped out to the beach to watch the Moon move into the
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We attended a really awesome pirate festival in Swansboro on Saturday. There were people dressed up like pirates, live music, a puppet show and a pirate invasion. After the puppet show I got some REALLY good raspberry sorbet for only $3.50. There was also a fencing demonstration, which was super cool! They were fighting like
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Today we went to a pirate festival in Swansboro, N.C. We saw a lot of things there but here are some of the most fun and interesting.1. There was a scavenger hunt. You had to find all of the pirates and when you were done you could trade it in for a rubber ducky or
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It was forecasted to be a dreary, rainy day today, so we decided to spend the time exploring the local area in the truck. People have talked about the beauty of Emerald Isle for years, and since we are only 30 minutes south, we headed up to check it out. I looked up some other
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