South Carolina Travel Blogs

Friday, 11 July 2008 • 5:00 am   The alarm goes off and I’m up and in the shower. After Mike, Lena and Courtnie are up and ready, the car is loaded, we have a light but quick breakfast before heading out the door to the train station.   Our train is scheduled to leave BWI Airport…

Ah I love it!! I'm settling in at the resort late my last day and who calls but Sheila?! She's got Ragnar in the car and we chat away for about 30 minutes! They managed to meet up for a bit in Atlanta - 5 solid hours of driving away from where I am. AND have I mentioned yet that there's been an iss…

The Piccolo Spoleto Festival last from May 22-June 7.  Because of the huge selection of events to see and the expense of seeing all the ones you are interested in you have to narrow it down.Here are the ones I attended:~~Sand Sculpting Competition> "a perfect way to show appreciation for ar…

 As long as I can remember I have wanted to explore the coast, the islands, the sea and the world by boat. For the last 7 years it has been a dream that has consumed my thoughts day and night. In May of 2002 the sail boat named Carolina Gal found her way into my hands. Inspecting the vessel sh…

Painting/Drawing is my passion!! I have other passions, but art is top on my list. When I paint,a whole day comes and goes without my even noticing it. I play music when I paint, my moods change within a painting...sometimes influenced by the music, sometimes, by life in general. I began this blog as a result of conversations with Jan...who was one of my first TB friends. I told him that one day I would paint something for him.

Mother Emanuel Charleston, SC Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church is the oldest AME church in the south. It is referred to as "Mother Emanuel". Emanuel has one of the largest and oldest black congregations south of Baltimore, MD. …

The South Carolina Aquarium was our destination on Monday morning. We'd seen it on the way to the Fort Sumter the previous day. The centerpiece is the large glass walled tank. Numerous varieties of regional sea life could be seen, including a shark that kept making circles …

...Travbuddy! I dedicate this blog to the website and to all of my marvelous Travbuddies. You have enriched my life in countless ways and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. I joined Travbuddy about 3 years ago after a memorable trip to Argentina. A friend introduced me to the web…

My Art class is downtown Charleston...I actually live in Mount Pleasant.  It is about 5 miles to  down town and another 10 minutes to get into the heart of Charleston, due to the old narrow roads and traffic..  I was in a rush to get to class, but as I drove along...I put the brakes …

The next morning I got a surprise when I awoke to find myself buried in pillows. My brother had decided it would be a good idea to throw as many pillows on top of me as he could. I didn't find it as humorous as he did. Showers were taken and then we headed down for breakfast. The people in t…

As  artists we all love those special moments when, are able to capture some of the beauty around us.In my case, it's often by luck.  Here is an example of one of those lucky days.  It was a beautiful Spring day, I got my camera and went out side to snap shots...the day was so beauti…

Travelers Rest or "TR", as this South Carolina  city is known around the area to locals, is just north of Greenville. The name "Travelers Rest" came from the fact that it is situated almost directly against the border with the North Carolina mountains. Travelers would stop for a while in the t…

Travelers Rest is a city in Greenville County, in the Greenville metro area. The latitude of Travelers Rest is 34.967N. The longitude is -82.443W.It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,096 feet. The estimated population, in 2003, was 3,948. In the early 1800’s, settlers in Cones…

I am finally here one of my main aims with my trip. The legendary city of Charleston. Ok maybe Charleston is not the sole home of the true south - given Gone with the Wind actually takes place in Georgia. But Atlanta got burned during the war hence Charleston is the best preserved city in the south…

Im a northerner so Im not used to that slow swagger country life with mad greenery and animals. My life has been about running around like a maniac with the animals of the concrete jungles. lol. So while I was in SC I decided to immerse myself in the one thing I felt personified Sout…