The Needle in a Haystack

Vacation Day Three... Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse...

I was so happy to be able to give Chris the Revolutionary War trip for his birthday. he had planned for weeks setting up routes and stops... The best gift was not planned... At  Cowpens we met a wonderfully talkative ranger who spent 3 hours with my husband talking Revolutionary War. We walked trails, watched movies and jawed  the morning away.  The ranger was none other then John Robertson who has researched up to 1500 Revolutionary War battles and compiled them on a website.

 

 

The time at Cowpens had us running a bit behind ..even though we cut out a couple of stops we still had time for some out of the way battle stops

 

Cowans Ford is now a dam

 

We fueled up with our trip staple .. Bojangles fries, and headed to Guilford Courthouse

 

we finished the tour as the gates were closing

A quick stop at the Grove City Grill for a burger and we headed for home...

It was a great vacation.... we're already planning the next one!

Zooting around South Carolina.... Day 2

.. One of the things Chris wanted to do for his " birthday vacation" was to visit obscure..and not so obscure Revolutionary War sites... this led us to out of the way towns and down wonderful dirt roads in SC.  Nothing like pulling over to the side of the road  and nibbling on a piece of fruit while watching the locals and reading historic markers....

 

 

 

 

 

 

...It was a wonderful day....

Pray for the troops....

Charleston in Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Charleston Sc

.>We arrived safely and are relaxing in our room before a fun packed day in the city tomorrow...

Continue to pray for all those lost and wounded on our own soil...not just at Ft Hood, but those lost to domestic violence, gang wars,  drunk drivers......

........................how do folks survive with out Jesus...

Myrtle Beach

Numbers were slim for the annual Myrtle Beach trip this year. We were sad that Jeremy and Heather couldn't be with us as Heather's grandfather had passed away the night before we left. We were hesitant in leaving but they insisted we go... my Grams is 90 this year and we weren't sure how many more years she would be able to make the trip.

  Josh was doing his Guard 2 weeks a year, not too far away from us at Ft. Jackson....

Grams tired very easily so there wasn't alot of time with her... Emily and I managed some girl talk and shopping which was fun...Chris and Jamie watched sports and had a great time...

 Christopher was able to meet an online freind he has known for 2 years.  That was pretty exciting.  she moved to Myrtle Beach from Washington State in June.

... I was fascinated by this little table

I'm thinking with all the tree branches on the ground we should be able to make one of these ..or a set...

How is the house building coming along????   the 60 inch across stump is perplexing us a bit... and we have these long family meetings playing lets make a deal with what we want... I really honestly think the tree stump is like our hour glass buying us time so we aren't rushed into a decision.... the tree guy suggested we simply hollow out the stump and live in it.... yep... its a big tree stump...

On the hook... finishing up a gift for William and Jenn, married Sept 5... I will consider it an achievement to finish the gift in the same month as the wedding ... and then dear Alex and grace get married next month so the process is repeated..

 But the hooks really need to fly to finish some wonderful projects in yummy yarns by Nov 6... we're scurrying away for a few days to celebrate by dearest' birthday... caps and mittens require...

Pray for the troops...and have a fine day...all day long...