This morning I took my mom, dad and my two year old niece Olivia to the beach at Little Talbot Island State Park.  I visited the beach the previ…

Yesterday, my co-workers and I took a group of about 30 kids out to a nearby State Park known as Little Talbot Island.  Although the park is onl…

Today my cousins took me to the US National Whitewater Center, an amazing facility that hosts a variety of outdoor sports and water sports.  Fro…

This morning we woke up and headed west to Pisgah National Forest, which is one of my favorite places in the world.  I visit the park at least o…

The trip west to the mountains  of Hendersonville was easy peasy.  We arrived at Nana's house mid-afternoon and went out to dinner at a lar…

The trip up north was rather uneventful aside from the fact that I almost got rearended by a maniac.  After the  7 hour drive up north, I w…

Although it's located less than an hour away from my house, I've only been to Marineland three times.  Once when I was younger, once about 5 yea…

Today we headed up to Okefenokee Swamp for the day.  Since it was December the alligators were nowhere to be seen, even though it was 80 degrees…

My cousins Brad and Jonathan came down for the holidays.  All year long we anticipated our trip down to Disney.  Brad (20) and Jonathan (16…

These pictures were actually shot Christmas morning at Jacksonville Beach.  Yes, we can go to the beach on Christmas!  My relatives up nort…

This morning I woke up and on a whim I decided to make the short trip southward to St. Augustine, Florida.  St. Augustine is the nation's oldest…

After climbing these very same waterfalls on Easter Sunday, my cousins Brad, Jonathan and myself decided it was time to make a return trip out to D…

The cousins were in town again this weekend.  They came to spend Friday and Saturday with us before heading back up to Charlotte.  If it we…

When we got back home we had Pizza Hut and we all dressed in our jeans, t-shirts and sweatshirts.  The guys packed knives and guns "just in ca…

Nestled off of Heckscher Drive in Jacksonville, Florida is a long forgotten beach.  If come to Jacksonville to visit the beach chances are you'l…

Sunday morning, after spending Friday and Saturday in Charlotte, Brad & I drove out to the moutains for Easter with the family.  Being the a…

I have returned for my 2 days in Orlando.  It was flipping awesome.  Sunday morning Michelle picked me up at 11:01 sharp, we hit the ATM, f…

I'm back from Brad's graduation party.  It was actually pretty freaking awesome.  Before the party he and I ran to Wal*Mart to pick up the …

The best part about being a Floridian isn’t having the beaches in your back yard, but rather having Disney World in your back yard. Many Floridian…

I have so many stories I can share with you that involve Disney.  Disney brings out the best, and worst of people but it can also create memor…

My family spends a lot of time in the mountains of North Carolina and there is one attraction we visit year after year. Sliding Rock, which is loca…

  Each year my family congregates in Hendersonville, North Carolina to celebrate at least one holiday with my nana.  The family drive…

Went down to Orlando for a concert at the House of Blues.  I spent the day shopping in Downtown Disney.  Bought my first iPod today. 

If ever there was a destination where literally nothing ever happened, it would be the village of Weedsport in Upstate New York.  Home to nearly…

Hershey Pennsylvania was our next pit stop to help break up the long drive from New York to Florida.  As you may have guessed, Hershey is the ho…

There are two reasons that people visit Gettysburg, PA.  1)  For it's rich civil war history and 2) Boyds Bears.  My brother and his g…

When I returned back to work people asked me where I went for summer vacation.  Of course, I answered Intercourse!  Home to roughtly 1,000 …

I am a firm believer in pilgrimages. I strongly feel that there are just some places that people have to visit. The destination varies from person …

Each year the nation's oldest city gets a special holiday makeover.  The entire historic distric gets covered with millions of shining Christmas…